Tech Trends 2026
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As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact.
Deloitte’s Tech Trends report, published annually by the Deloitte US Office of the CTO, highlights stories of organizations pioneering the use of emerging technologies and approaches. Drawing on the expertise of Deloitte technology industry leaders and interviews with tech leaders of leading companies and innovative startups, along with Deloitte surveys and secondary research, the report shines a light on tech trends set to become the norm over the next 18 to 24 months.
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No corner of enterprise technology is untouched by AI as the demand for intelligent operations informs decisions on everything from computing hardware to physical robotics. This year is all about scaling. Enterprises across industries are operationalizing AI driven processes. The reason is simple: Leaders have realized that the key to competitive differentiation will be using AI to drive automation, innovation, and acceleration.
Tech Trends 2026 explores five interconnected forces reshaping enterprise technology:
- AI goes physical: Navigating the convergence of AI and robotics.
- The agentic reality check: Preparing for a silicon-based workforce.
- The AI infrastructure reckoning: Optimizing compute strategy in the age of inference economics.
- The great rebuild: Architecting an AI-native tech organization.
- The AI dilemma: Securing and leveraging AI for cyber defense.
