In 2025, the internet’s fragility and AI’s complexity collided in public. The big vendors responded by buying the pieces they need to sell the integrated story that they have AI risk under control.
Robots aren’t going to fold your laundry by February. But Voice of Innovation Niv Sundaram predicts that an urgent caregiver shortage will move humanoids “from warehouses to living rooms” in 2026.
Marvell is inking a deal for optical interconnect startup Celestial AI in a massive bet that the industry has shifted from being compute-constrained to bandwidth-constrained.
As AI training pushes data centers to unprecedented power densities, researchers reveal an affordable solution that lets computing thrive on fluctuating renewable energy.
In Part 1 of Voice of Innovation Matty Bakkeren’s 2026 predictions series, he explores how AI, power, cooling, and supply chains are reshaping data center infrastructure for a utility-scale future.
As up to 10 million jobs disappear and quality content moves behind paywalls, the question isn’t if AI will reshape society. It’s whether 2026 is the year we’ll control the burn or watch it spread.
Databricks is acquiring Neon to bring serverless Postgres to AI agents — accelerating the future of agentic applications with open, high-speed, pay-as-you-go data infrastructure.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) leverages AI and optimized storage solutions to handle massive data sets, enhance real-time analysis and prevent fraud across its financial networks.
Dell’s parallel file system promises unmatched speed and efficiency, offering a significant leap forward in storage technology that addresses the extreme performance needs of AI workloads.
Agentic AI is set to disrupt how enterprises manage their workflows, data and IT infrastructure. Lynn Comp, Head of Intel’s AI Center of Excellence, outlines how to prepare for the transformation.
Solidigm and M2M Direct discuss the latest AI-driven trends in cloud computing and how the importance of flexibility, scalability and security in modern cloud environments is reshaping the industry.
Oracle is working with telecom operators to demonstrate the transformative potential of AI-driven network automation, paving the way for faster, more reliable digital connectivity in the 5G era.
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Oii CEO Bob Rogers about his team’s AI-based solution for real-time modeling and management of supply chains and the opportunity for AI to drive actionable solutions for business and society.
TechArena host Allyson Klein talks with futurist Brian David Johnson about future and threatcasting, and how taking agency to envision our future places us in the drivers seat to shape it.
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with WalterPicks co-founder Sam Factor about how AI helps deliver 17% superior recommendations to fantasy football lineups vs. the major recommendation sites.
TechArena host Allyson Klein talks with Lyssn co-founder Zac Imel about how his company intends to change the shape of mental health using artificial intelligence.
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
From CPU orchestration to scaling efficiency in networks, leaders reveal how to assess your use case, leverage existing infrastructure, and productize AI instead of just experimenting.
From the OCP Global Summit, hear why 50% GPU utilization is a “civilization-level” problem, and why open standards are key to unlocking underutilized compute capacity.
In the Arena: Allyson Klein with Axelera CMO Alexis Crowell on inference-first AI silicon, a customer-driven SDK, and what recent tapeouts reveal about the roadmap.
In this episode of Data Insights, host Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Dr. Rohith Vangalla of Optum to discuss the future of AI in healthcare.
From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.