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Tech Trends 2026: From AI Experimentation to Enterprise Impact
Deloitte’s Tech Trends 2026 explores how enterprises are moving beyond AI pilots to real impact, highlighting five interconnected technology trends reshaping operating models, infrastructure, security, and the future of work.
Kelly Raskovich
Executive Editor, Tech Trends; Client & Marketing Lead, Office of the CTO, Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Tech Trends 2026 argues that enterprises are at an inflection point where incremental AI experimentation is no longer sufficient. As AI adoption accelerates and innovation cycles compress, organizations must redesign—not merely automate—their processes, operating models, and technology foundations. The report highlights five converging trends: the rise of physical AI and robotics, the realities of deploying agentic AI at scale, a reckoning around AI infrastructure and inference economics, the need to rebuild organizations as AI-native enterprises, and the growing importance of securing AI across data, models, and systems. Across industries, leaders who connect AI investments directly to business outcomes, prioritize velocity over perfection, and treat change as continuous are pulling decisively ahead of laggards.
