Data, AI, & Machine Learning
What the Experts See Coming in 2026
After record AI funding in 2025, 2026 is expected to test real world impact, with focus shifting to adoption, productivity gains and sustainable returns rather than hype.
After record AI funding in 2025, 2026 is expected to test real world impact, with focus shifting to adoption, productivity gains and sustainable returns rather than hype.
As AI reshapes how work is done and value is created, these voices offer an early map of the pressures leaders will face next.
Infrastructure, security, and data platforms absorbed the bulk of large AI and cloud acquisitions.
Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Opera, Mozilla, and Perplexity are racing to own the interface where people search, shop, and work.
By 2026, India’s AI job market is expected to look markedly different from the experimental years of the past.