Equity’s 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC

Trendster’s Fairness crew is bringing 2025 to an in depth and getting forward on the 12 months to return with our annual predictions episode! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan had been joined by Construct Mode host Isabelle Johannessen to dissect the 12 months’s greatest tech developments, from mega AI funding rounds that defied expectations to the rise of “bodily AI,” and make their requires 2026. 

The group tackled every part from why AI brokers didn’t dwell as much as the hype in 2025 (however most likely will in 2026), to how Hollywood will push again in opposition to AI-generated content material, to why VCs are going through a severe liquidity disaster.  

Take heed to the total episode to listen to: 

• Why world fashions are the following massive factor in AI and the way they’re totally different from massive language fashions 

• The loss of life of “stealth mode” for AI startups and the rise of different funding sources 

• Predictions on regulatory chaos round AI coverage and what Trump’s current govt order means for startups 

• Scorching takes on IPOs: Will OpenAI and Anthropic really go public in 2026? 

• Fast-fire predictions together with Johnny Ive and Sam Altman’s inevitable public breakup, the return of dumb telephones, and why everybody shall be calling themselves “AI native” 

• What’s coming in Construct Mode season 2: A deep dive into group constructing, hiring, and discovering co-founders 

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