Gartner ThinkCast Top Tech Trends 2026: Meet the Innovation Superheroes
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Dec 9, 2025 Join Gene Alvarez, a Gartner expert on technology trends and CIO guidance, and Tori Paulman, who specializes in AI infrastructure, as they dive into key tech trends shaping 2026. They introduce the 'innovation superheroes'—the Architect, the Synthesist, and the Vanguard—who will help organizations navigate rapid change. Discover why AI is no longer optional, the impact of supercomputing on productivity, the importance of multi-agent systems, and the role of preemptive cybersecurity in protecting enterprises.
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AI As A Developer Teammate
- AI will join developers as a persistent teammate, accelerating software delivery and shrinking backlogs.
- Gene Alvarez says AI-enabled tiny teams can produce far more projects than traditional teams.
Build Platform Teams With Security Guardrails
- Establish platform teams and bake security guardrails into AI-native development from day one.
- Gene Alvarez advises evaluating whether small in-house teams can build differentiating apps instead of sourcing them from the cloud.
Supercomputing Hides AI Complexity
- AI supercomputing platforms route workloads across accelerators and orchestration to hide complexity from developers.
- Tori Paulman compares them to GPS that directs developers to optimal compute in real time.
