Big Technology Podcast Alex And Ranjan's 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom
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Dec 26, 2025 
Ranjan Roy, a tech commentator and writer at Margins, joins to predict the landscape of technology in 2026. He discusses how agentic AI will streamline tasks for users and envisions ChatGPT reaching a billion users. Foldable phones are set to reshape the market, and Apple is predicted to have its best year yet. Ranjan forecasts a boom in AI shopping and companionship, while also highlighting potential backlash around public AI recording and competition facing OpenAI from giants like Google and Microsoft.
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Agentic AI Becomes Practical
- Agentic AI will move from concept to real workflows in 2026 as tools and data get combined.
- Ranjan Roy says users will let AI create and run multi-step workflows across services for everyday tasks.
ChatGPT Nears Billion-User Milestone
- ChatGPT is on track to reach a billion users, marking mass adoption for a single AI product.
- Alex Kantrowitz predicts ChatGPT will hit a billion by April 2026 and call that a defining moment.
Trying A Foldable Phone
- Ranjan Roy shares he's buying a foldable phone and expects the form factor to finally evolve.
- He cites Pixel Fold and Samsung as options and plans to adopt the device in 2026.