Fastbreak AI is recognized as #4 on the list for using AI to solve the mind-boggling challenge of creating schedules for the top leagues in sports.
Building an NBA schedule used to take six months of manual work. Fastbreak does it in two to four weeks, processing more than one million constraints simultaneously, evaluating billions of permutations to find the best possible schedule.
In 2025, we powered nearly 80% of schedules released by major U.S. professional sports leagues, growing to 65 leagues worldwide, including the NBA, NHL, MLS, La Liga, and NWSL. When L.A. wildfires forced game changes mid-season, our schedule repair function suggested fixes in minutes. Revenue grew 400% year-over-year.
Fast Company captured what makes this possible: the platform handles everything from hard rules like preventing back-to-back games over 1,000 miles apart to specific team requests like the Miami Heat playing at home during Art Basel, all scored against hundreds of weighted rules to find the optimal outcome.
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