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=== ConsenSys ===
Since 2017 Topcoder entered into partnership with [[ConsenSys]], an incubator of [[Ethereum]] projects, to promote Topcoder Blockchain Community, and provide ConsenSys with design and development support for their [[blockchain]] projects.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=http://blockchain.topcoder.com/|title=Topcoder Blockchain Community|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite news|url=http://www.computerworld.in/media-releases/topcoder-consensys-partner-create-blockchain-engineers-community|title=Topcoder, ConsenSys partner to create blockchain engineers community|last=|first=|date=September 29, 2017|work=ComputerWorld|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=http://blocktribune.com/consensys-topcoder-partner-create-ethereum-engineering-community/|title=ConsenSys, Topcoder Partner to Create Ethereum Engineering Community|last=Pimentel|first=David|date=September 29, 2017|work=Block Tribune|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blockchain-for-social-impact-coalition--topcoder-announce-decentralized-impact-incubator-300623661.html|title=Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition & Topcoder announce Decentralized Impact Incubator|last=|first=|date=April 3, 2018|work=CISION PR Newswire|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>
=== Eli Lilly and Company ===
It was reported in 2008 that [[Eli Lilly and Company|Eli Lilly and Co.]] will use Topcoder platform to crowdsource developement of IT applications for its global drug discovery operations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2535921/app-development/eli-lilly-aims-to-tap--rock-star--programmers.html|title=Eli Lilly aims to tap "rock star" programmers|last=Havenstein|first=Heather|date=May 18, 2008|work=Computerworld|access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
=== Harvard Medical School ===
In 2013 it was reported that researchers from [[Harvard Medical School]], [[Harvard Business School]], and [[London Business School]] successfully used Topcoder Community to solve complex biological problems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130207141448.htm|title=Solving big-data bottleneck: Scientists team with business innovators to tackle research hurdles|last=|first=|date=February 7, 2013|work=Science News|access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref> Researchers say that Topcoder competitors approached bilogy-related [[Big data|big-data]] challenge, and managed to create a more accurate and 1000 times faster alternative of [[BLAST|BLAST algorithm]].<ref>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Lakhani KR, Boudreau KJ, Loh PR, Backstrom L, Baldwin C, Lonstein E, Lydon M, McCormack A, Arnaout RA, Guinan EC|date=February 7, 2013|title=Prize-based contests can provide solutions to computational biology problems|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.2495|journal=Nature Biotechnology|volume=31|pages=108 - 111|doi=10.1038/nbt.2495|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Eisenstein|first=Michael|date=July 9, 2013|title=Crowdsourced contest identifies best-in-class breast cancer prognostic|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt0713-578b|journal=Nature Biotechnology|volume=31|pages=578 - 580|doi=10.1038/nbt0713-578b|via=}}</ref>
=== IBM ===
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