HFS RESEARCH WEBINAR | Post-event Recap

Replay: Emerging tech predictions: What Silicon Valley builds today, enterprises face tomorrow

February 17, 2026

Silicon Valley is setting the pace for the next wave of AI, and enterprises are next in line. In this webinar, HFS shared first-hand insight from the Bay Area’s AI ecosystem to help leaders anticipate what’s coming and prepare their organizations to respond with confidence.

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Key takeaways

  • Why impermanence must become a design principle to break the enterprise debt cycle
  • How vertical AI is outperforming generalized frontier models
  • What the shift toward efficiency, smaller models, and reinforcement learning signals for enterprise AI strategy
  • Why physical AI is the next wave beyond digital transformation
  • How to embed a founder mindset inside large enterprises
  • How to close the speed-trust gap while accelerating innovation adoption

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