As we approach the end of 2025, all eyes are on AI and what we can expect in the year ahead. Investments into the technology reached unprecedented levels in 2025, with big tech ploughing huge reserves of capital into technology and infrastructure to keep ahead of the pack.
According to the latest projections from UBS, annual AI spending is expected to reach $375 billion globally by the end of this year, and could hit $3 trillion by 2030.
In 2026, AI spending is expected to rise even further, however rather than being concentrated amongst the largest tech giants, it will likely come from a wider base of enterprises as CIOs and business leaders. Further, many of the massive investments seen over the course of this year have focused on building out the infrastructure for AI to scale across industries. With this critical phase coming to a close this year, 2026 is expected to see organizations move beyond the initial stages of value creation.
We expect to see massive increases in productivity, efficiency, and innovation across nearly all sectors, driven by more capable and autonomous AI systems.
AI is now embedded as standard in a much wider range of systems and devices. This means organizations can leverage the benefits of the technology without bespoke development to accelerate the pace of change. And as the adoption rates rise across industries and service areas, we expect to see the efficiency gains compound rapidly.
For example, some companies are already seeing gains of 30-40% thanks to AI-powered coding assistants and automated workflow management systems. As these systems improve and organizations adjust alongside the technology, 2026 could be the year we see a huge uptick in productivity across knowledge work and industrial processes.
Finally, it’s important to note that AI is no longer in the realm of early adoption. AI investments this year have helped to make the technology much more reliable, ironing out many of the earlier teething errors. This has been key to making its use feasible to build the infrastructure of major industries where accuracy is non-negotiable.
In healthcare, AI is aiding earlier cancer detection, personalized treatment plans, and accelerated drug discovery. In finance, algorithms drive real-time trading, advanced fraud detection, and personalized portfolio optimization. Another example lies with climate tech, where AI is being used for energy optimization, precision farming, and large-scale environmental monitoring to combat climate change.
These forecasts point to a common inflection point. 2026 will be less about dazzling new AI models and more about turning existing capabilities into measurable business results.
As we continue our journey through the era of AI, here are 26 companies to watch in 2026 with innovative solutions to support the adoption of the technology across all sectors.
MyUser
MyUser is an autonomous B2B sales platform powered by proprietary AI. It automates the entire outreach motion from start to finish, targeting high-value leads with hyper-personalized copy, and taking care of follow-ups, inquiry handling, and meeting scheduling.
Sales and quality conversations are the key to driving revenue and growing a business. The solution from MyUser means that companies in 2026 can scale much more rapidly.
Planno
Planno is the first AI-powered prospecting platform for solar companies to identify and pre-qualify commercial and industrial rooftop opportunities faster, easier, and at scale.
Through its proprietary technology and a growing list of strategic global clients, the company is helping to accelerate the transition to renewable energy by uncovering ideal locations for solar adoption that don’t require high upfront investments.
Credibl ESG
Credibl is a leading decarbonization platform specializing in Scope 3 emissions calculations. The company provides cutting-edge AI-powered tools for ESG data management and reporting, enabling organizations to navigate sustainability challenges with precision. The platform offers end-to-end traceability, climate risk management, and comprehensive ESG reporting, seamlessly integrating with existing systems.
As sustainability reporting becomes mandatory for an increasing number of companies worldwide, Credibl’s AI-powered solution is helping businesses maintain compliance, take control of complex supply chain data and build sustainable companies for the long term.
Ness Digital Engineering
Ness Digital Engineering is a global provider of Intelligent Data and Software Engineering services, specializing in data, AI, and cloud-powered solutions that drive innovation and deliver measurable business outcomes. With over 25 years of engineering expertise alongside proprietary data, software platforms and accelerators, Ness helps enterprises modernize systems, accelerate product development, and achieve scalable impact with speed and precision.
The company is also changing how we approach software development thanks to its unique model known as Intelligent Engineering, which leverages AI, data and analytics to improve productivity.
360 Health Data
360 Health Data provide physicians with a state-of-the-art data platform to make more informed and personalized clinical decisions. The team is transforming medical knowledge in Latin America, connecting a community of passionate professionals.
Through AI, 360 Health Data is able to translate vast medical resources and the latest healthcare studies into Spanish to break down barriers to knowledge and improve healthcare outcomes for millions
Deep Care
The team at Deep Care is on a mission to develop smart solutions for occupational health and safety through innovative technologies and artificial intelligence. The goal is to empower people to work healthily and minimize health risks associated with the work environment.
Through AI, the company is looking to increase the well-being of individuals through personalized support that takes into account the unique conditions of each workstation. In turn, this promises to tackle the impact of sedentary lifestyles.
ADvendio
ADvendio is a leading Salesforce-powered omnichannel advertising management platform, enabled by AI. The company helps enterprises and SMEs streamline media buying and selling processes, bringing intelligence and efficiency to advertising operations, finance, and sales. With ADvendio, companies can scale their advertising business and unlock future-proof growth.
In the current era of hypersonalized ads and omnichannel campaigns, ADvendio offers brands with a complete AI solution to master campaigns with precision in 2026.
Prezent
Prezent is an AI-powered business communication and presentation productivity platform on a mission to democratize great business communication. The team believes that strong communication is the cornerstone of any successful enterprise and they are building the AI-powered tools to enhance the impact and professional appeal of every presentation its clients create.
The company plans to disrupt traditional agency business models and empower companies with AI-fueled communication materials, personalized at scale.
Kognia
Kognia is a technology company, specialized in accelerating business transformation through the power of state-of-the-art AI powered by cognitive agent-based solutions.
Its Agent as a Service (AaaS) business model allows users to deploy highly specialized cognitive agent solutions that adapt in an agile way to the client’s operating environment with the highest standards of information security and confidentiality.
Kleene
Kleene is a startup that unifies fragmented company data in one place to power real-time reporting, analytics, and AI forecasting, helping teams make business decisions that drive growth. It connects to over 600 data sources – from CRMs and ERPs to marketing and finance tools – and automatically cleans, combines, and analyzes the data for reporting, analytics, and AI forecasting.
Teams use the company’s solutions to uncover what improves customer LTV, reduces churn, and increases margins.
Write Sonic
Writesonic is the complete GEO/AEO platform that tracks brands’ AI search visibility, identifies where competitors beat you, and executes the fixes—creating new content, refreshing existing pages, earning citations, and engaging on Reddit.
In partnership with Microsoft, the company is helping brands improve their presence on AI Search i.e. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) – because 89% of B2B buyers now use AI for research.
Apex Tech
ApexTech has been building world-class digital products since 2012, and delivered dozens of Digital Transformation projects and built custom software solutions for Fortune100 and SMBs globally.
They help businesses elevate their value and drive success by identifying business needs and meeting them through engineering custom software solutions. ApexTech is a unique endeavor to understand your business from your viewpoint and craft the ultimate solution to help you succeed.
Buddy.AI
Buddy.ai provides affordable, high-quality 1X1 instruction to children worldwide using an interactive, voice-based character Buddy the Robot. Buddy is powered by proprietary AI technology for children and features a unique UX and gameplay. He teaches kids using voice- and tap-based games in a fun-filled world universe created by educational experts.
With 20 million downloads last year alone, Buddy is the most popular language app for children on Google Play and one of TIME Magazine’s World’s Top EdTech Rising Stars of 2024.
Source Meridian
As a software development company, Source Meridian’s mission is to provide its people with interesting projects to learn and grow, and to provide our clients with the best possible experience in software solutions for their needs.
The enterprises, led by Mike Hoey, specializes in life science, big data, business intelligence and machine learning solutions running on commercial clouds. One of the large tech employers in Colombia, the company’s mission is to provide its customers with early access to cutting-edge technologies, helping their clients to maintain their competitive advantages in the marketplace.
Kryterion
Kryterion helps technology, and fast-growing companies, associations, and education providers develop and deliver exams. The company’s self-service SaaS platform, Webassessor, empowers clients to take control of their credentialing programs.
This approach emphasizes flexibility, accessibility, and speed to market. Webassessor gives clients in-house control to modify, edit, and publish exams without additional publishing fees.
Liffo by Robomagister
Liffo is the world’s first fully automatic smart kitchen with artificial intelligence that can prepare dishes without supervision. Thanks to its unique technology, you can schedule your recipes to be ready at the time you desire, even when you’re not at home.
While Liffo takes care of following the recipe steps autonomously, you can monitor its every move live from the integrated camera and dedicated app. Additionally, due to artificial intelligence, Lifo learns in real-time how to customize recipes according to preferences.
Jifiti
The Jifiti Group is a global financial technology company that provides the infrastructure that banks, lenders, and merchants use to embed consumer and business financing seamlessly within any customer journey. As a licensed Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in Europe, Jifiti’s white-labeled platform supports the full spectrum of products from installment loans and lines of credit to B2B financing, delivered through standardized APIs, strong compliance controls, and modular components.
Operating across North America and Europe, Jifiti powers financing programs for global brands that enable them to offer lending that is safe, consistent, and transparent as digital and AI-driven distribution channels evolve.
Get Covered
Get Covered is an insurtech company modernizing how renter insurance is tracked and managed. Its digital platforms let renters, property managers and owners handle everything from policy selection to COI verification in one place. The result is a simpler onboarding and clearer compliance for large property portfolios.
The company uses AI to reduce day-to-day operations as AI tools review emails and route residents and property teams to the right workflows. When policies are submitted, AI extracts key fields, assigns a confidence score, and either processes the file automatically or flags errors for manual review. Together, these systems keep insurance records accurate with far less administrative effort.
Aera Technology
Aera Technology uses real-time data and AI to predict business risks and opportunities accurately, then recommends the best course of action.
The company continuously crawls enterprise systems; refines, indexes, and augments data; and delivers end-to-end, real-time visibility into operations.
Zycus
With over 20 years of trust and innovation, Zycus empowers enterprises worldwide with smarter, AI-driven procurement technology solutions.
The company, which has been recognized by Gartner and Forrester as a leader in procurement technology, empowers teams to unlock deep value through its comprehensive Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions.
Caregentic
Caregentic provides safe, controlled AI to support patients 24/7 while reducing the administrative burden on clinical teams. The company provides a multi-modal platform ensures that every interaction is personalized, secure, and aligned with health system’s workflows.
This includes SMS-based deep linking to ensure a seamless patient experience, as well as forms and assessments.
Oscilar
Oscilar is a company leveraging AI to transform complex risk decisioning into natural conversations. From “show me high-risk patterns” to “optimize my fraud rules,”. The company’s AI agents work alongside teams to detect threats faster, reduce false positives, and scale your risk operations.
The company is looking to be the unified solution for fraud defense, credit underwriting, onboarding risk, and AML compliance.
KYRO AI
KYRO AI exists to transform how utility and construction teams work, collaborate, and thrive. Through our intelligent platform, we bridge the gap between field operations and financial success, replacing paperwork with digital efficiency and disconnection with seamless collaboration. The company is dedicated to creating an environment where efficiency becomes reality, and every team member is empowered to excel.
Fracttal
Fracttal is a cloud-based platform that is modern, secure, and intuitive, and that integrates asset management software, IoT, and artificial intelligence.
The company designs technology so organizations can manage all their company assets easily and efficiently, from anywhere and at any time.
