EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
AI's biggest gains may come from collisions with biology, energy, and quantum—not from AI alone.
- 01Google Research's Yossi Matias framed AI's next frontier as intersection, not isolation—its leverage multiplies when layered onto biology, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
- 02EmTech Future 2026 extended that thesis across quantum (Hartmut Neven), energy systems (MIT's Evelyn Wang), and labor dynamics (Cory Doctorow).
- 03The convergence narrative is displacing single-technology hype as the organizing lens for serious technologists.
- 04On-demand access to all sessions is now available; MIT Technology Review subscribers pay $596.
AI's biggest gains may come from collisions with biology, energy, and quantum—not from AI alone.
Google Research's Yossi Matias framed AI's next frontier as intersection, not isolation—its leverage multiplies when layered onto biology, infrastructure, and manufacturing. EmTech Future 2026 extended that thesis across quantum (Hartmut Neven), energy systems (MIT's Evelyn Wang), and labor dynamics (Cory Doctorow). The convergence narrative is displacing single-technology hype as the organizing lens for serious technologists. On-demand access to all sessions is now available; MIT Technology Review subscribers pay $596.
Watch: Whether Google's cross-domain AI framing influences how enterprise and policy audiences prioritize convergence investments over standalone AI deployments.
Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields. Step inside the newsroom with our MIT Technology Review editors for sharp analysis and unpublished insights from the team that researches and reports on emerging tech daily. There’s much more to discover These are just two sessions from EmTech Future 2026 .
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Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields. Step inside the newsroom with our MIT Technology Review editors for sharp analysis and unpublished insights from the team that researches and reports on emerging tech daily. There’s much more to discover These are just two sessions from EmTech Future 2026 . Across three days, EmTech Future explored some of the most important questions shaping technology right now: how AI is impacting industries, where quantum is heading, what new energy systems could make possible, how robotics are evolving, and what challenges and opportunities arise when these technologies start to converge. Hear the ideas, insights, and perspectives you missed at EmTech Future 2026. The full program is now available on demand, giving you access to all the conversations and sessions from the event, including: Qua ntum in context Hartmut Neven, founder and lead at Google Quantum AI, explores how quantum is advancing alongside other frontiers and why its significance may lie not only in what it can do on its own, but in how it begins to interact with the systems around it. Energy Systems for the Future Evelyn Wang, VP for energy & climate at MIT, explores how energy, computing, infrastructure, and climate technologies are increasingly interconnected, and what these converging systems could mean for the future of industry and society. Rethinking our relationship with AI –Cory Doctorow, bestselling author and award-winning writer, explores how AI is changing the way we work and think. As an MIT Technology Review subscriber, you’ll get a 20% discount , meaning you can access the full EmTech Future 2026 program for just $596. ACCESS FULL PROGRAM
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