Setting The Stage For 2026: Continuing AI Pragmatism
Search Enterprise AI, Friday, January 9th, 2026
Physical AI adoption, shifts in generative AI dominance and sovereign AI's rise in Europe and India are some predictions for 2026, according to Omdia's Mark Beccue.
Welcome to 2026, the year AI continues its methodical journey toward pragmatism.
There isn't an AI bubble in 2026. There is no issue with ROI for AI, regardless of how folks interpreted MIT's "State of AI in Business 2025" report about ROI. (How do you measure ROI on proofs of concept, and why would you measure ROI on POCs?)
As a reminder, AI is still in its infancy, and this is particularly true for enterprise AI. The majority of enterprises have less than three years' experience with AI, which means the structures, culture, processes and lifecycle management of AI are not fully formed, let alone mature, in most organizations.