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2026: The Year Corporate America Faces Its AI Reckoning (Maybe)

December 16, 2025

By Futurist Thomas Frey

The Bold Prediction That Might Be Half Right

Salim Ismail recently made a stunning prediction on the Moonshots Podcast with Peter Diamandis: “I think 2026 is going to see the biggest collapse of the corporate world in the history of business.”

The context: rapid AI advancements with models like GPT-5.2 automating knowledge work at superhuman speed and low cost, building on 1.1-1.17 million U.S. layoffs announced in 2025—the highest since the 2020 pandemic. Ismail, author of Exponential Organizations, argues companies failing to radically transform by scrapping legacy systems, adopting AI-native approaches, and reskilling workforces will face existential threats as adoption tips into panic mode.

Is he right? Probably not about “biggest collapse ever”—but he might be right about something more important: 2026 is when the gap between AI-adopters and AI-resisters becomes catastrophic.

Analysis, Globalism, Internet, Science & Technology News

Hottest social networking countries around the world

February 29, 2012

There are 1.2 billion social networking users worldwide.

U.S.-based social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter usually get most of the publicity, but eMarketer predicts that the worldwide social networking phenomenon will encompass nearly 1.5 billion internet users by the end of this year.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend

U.S. companies that will be the most profitable in 2012

January 19, 2012

The market appears to anticipate rapid growth from Apple.

24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead every January. For 2012, Apple is likely to pass Exxon Mobil as the most profitable corporation in the Fortune 500. It already passed the oil giant in market capitalization for a while last year. The market appears to anticipate rapid growth from Apple comparable to that of the past two years. The stock has reached several all-time highs recently and now trades around $425, up nearly 25 percent in the past year.

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Business, Great New Product, New Inventions, Science & Technology News

RazorChain – simplifies sales forecasting and operations planning

October 18, 2011

Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011

RazorChain delivers business forecasting made simple by a cloud based subscription service (SaaS). RazorChain is a website that helps Sales and Operations Managers to consolidate and communicate forecasts. RazorChain helps you answer the questions:

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