In 2026, AI won’t be impressive. It’ll be expected. Just like electricity. Just like Wi-Fi. The question won’t be ‘Should we use AI?’ It’ll be ‘Why are you still doing this manually?’
AI is moving from tool to teammate. From assistant to agent. Software that doesn’t just help you work, it works for you. Running campaigns. Handling customers. Making decisions at machine speed.
Governments are coming next. Regulation, compliance, accountability. If you don’t know where your AI is, how it’s trained, and what it’s touching — you won’t be doing business in certain rooms.
And here’s the uncomfortable truth: some jobs will disappear. But smarter companies won’t replace people, they’ll retrain them. The future belongs to the businesses that combine human judgment with machine execution.
Small businesses using AI will outrun bigger competitors stuck in tradition. One person with AI will outperform teams that refuse to adapt.
In this next season, AI won’t be your advantage. It’ll be your baseline. The real question is, what are you building on top of it?”
