Predicting the AI Ecosystem for 2026

We are midway through 2026 and it feels like we are on the same track as 2025 regarding the AI ecosystem — major AI tech players doing their thing: buyouts, new tools, new models, etc.

With this post I’m going to try to predict how the AI scene would look by the end of 2026 — if that is even possible given the speed things are moving.

My inspiration was 2 posts on HN I saw today (22/04/2026):