Overview
- TechCrunch’s survey of 24 enterprise VCs points to 2026 as the year budgets rise and deployments show measurable value, with particular enthusiasm for voice interfaces.
- Apple is expected to launch a more conversational, multi‑step Siri in the spring, reportedly leveraging Google’s Gemini under the hood, reflecting a strategy that favors product integration over massive AI capex.
- Databricks, citing MIT Technology Review Insights, says 65% of organizations have deployed GenAI and are now prioritizing unified, governed data estates, flexible model choice, and customized evaluations to scale agents safely.
- Security leaders, including Cloudflare’s CSO, warn that in 2026 AI will act as an autonomous force multiplier for attackers, accelerating reconnaissance and automated exploitation.
- Analysts highlight growing skepticism over outsized AI infrastructure spend and mounting resource constraints, even as 2025’s breakthroughs—from DeepSeek R1 to MCP standardization—set the technical stage for the year ahead.