NEW YORK — As we enter 2026, the era of “AI for show” is officially over. Analysts are calling this the “Hard Hat” phase, where corporations are moving away from creative chatbots and toward deep infrastructure integration.
Instead of just writing emails, AI agents are now handling invoice processing, supply chain triage, and real-time financial forecasting. For the markets, the winners are no longer the companies with the best “prompts,” but those with the strongest proprietary data foundations.
Market Insight: Expect a 30% shift in enterprise spending toward “Agentic AI” systems that operate autonomously without human oversight, signaling a massive efficiency leap for global logistics and finance.