Aspiring for Intelligence · 9 October 2026 · Industry Analysis

Highlights From the 2026 IA40 Summit

Vivek Ramaswami & Sabrina Wu, Madrona

Madrona's fifth annual IA40 Summit highlighted the shift from AI models to agentic systems: agents are now in production across software engineering, legal, and commerce; a new infrastructure stack is emerging around them; safety and accountability are critical as agents move from answering to acting; and business models are being rewritten as models commoditize and context becomes the moat.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · AI Infrastructure · Enterprise Software

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