Trump's Genesis Mission leverages National Laboratories, supercomputers, and federal datasets to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery. Twenty-four organizations including Anthropic and OpenAI joined. The initiative aims to compress research timelines while maintaining US leadership against China's growing R&D capabilities.

Supply chains must evolve from digitalization to AI-powered orchestration for proactive decision-making. Enterra Solutions' System of Intelligence enables autonomous optimization across planning, execution, and learning, representing supply chain management's future.

Agentic commerce—AI agents making purchases for consumers—could generate $1-5 trillion by 2030. Though 95% of consumers harbor concerns, retailers must invest immediately in agentic capabilities or risk disintermediation.

Extreme AI narratives overshadow practical conversations. AI should be viewed as normal technology. Small Language Models provide focused, efficient solutions for businesses seeking measurable returns on investments, avoiding extreme prophecies.

Retailers must adapt to consumer trends like agentic AI, shoppertainment, and phygital experiences while simultaneously transforming supply chains through regionalization, purposeful technology deployment, and connected global networks to stay competitive.

AI dominates 2026 technology trends, from generative models to agentic platforms. Quantum computing nears viability while robotics, digital twins, and bio-innovation reshape enterprise operations and competitive advantage strategies.