No Priors Ep. 144 | The 2026 AI Forecast with Sarah & Elad

In this episode of No Priors, Sarah Guo and Elad Gil discuss and predict trends in AI, robotics, IPOs, consumer experiences, and defense for the year 2026. They touch on the adoption of AI in various sectors like medicine and law, potential market reactions to NVIDIA's performance, and the future of robotics with insights on humanoid robots and self-driving technology. They also explore the possibility of AI-driven consumer hardware and software, the role of incumbents versus startups, and the impact of new research directions in AI. Additionally, they briefly discuss non-AI trends like GLP-1 adoption and peptide therapies. The episode concludes with predictions from several guests on topics such as reasoning systems, proactive AI, context-aware products, AI agents in the enterprise, open-source AI models, the politicization of AI, AI in drug discovery, and energy-efficient AI.