CES has always been a bellwether for where technology is heading. At CES 2026, one theme stood out clearly: Physical AI—the shift from artificial intelligence living purely in software to systems that perceive, decide, and act in the real world. Few exhibitors embodied that transition as concretely as Leopard Imaging Inc.
If 2022 was the year CEOs talked boldly about growth and transformation, 2026 is shaping up as the year many quietly recalibrate their expectations.
For all the hype surrounding AI-driven software development, most enterprise IT leaders share a sobering reality: their biggest constraints aren’t imagination or ambition—they’re decades of legacy systems, regulatory complexity, and operational risk. Thoughtworks is betting that this is exactly where the next wave of AI innovation will be won.
For years, identity governance and administration (IGA) has lived in an uncomfortable middle ground—essential for compliance, but often disconnected from real-time security operations. One Identity’s latest release aims to change that equation.
Artificial intelligence has spent the better part of the past decade as a headline-grabbing growth story—first as a futuristic promise, then as a speculative trade, and most recently as a rally-driving force for megacap tech stocks. But according to Noah Holdings Limited, the AI story is entering a new, more consequential phase—one that has less to do with flashy software demos and more to do with concrete, steel, power, and patience.
