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‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward Jan 2026 Dan Milmo https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/why-trillions-dollars-risk-no-guarantee-ai-reward AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage Jan 2026 Cory Doctorow https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

December 17, 2025 | Article https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/reimagining-the-value-proposition-of-tech-services-for-agentic-ai?stcr=00F5C8D9D14F4BF8ACFAA6FD339C8A47&cid=mgp_opr-eml-alt-tmt-mgp-glb--&hlkid=3ef41a4d78a64658a4cbfe90ec4030f2&hctky=2692013&hdpid=b097bed8-b95a-486d-a499-4c39d1149c6a

IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Confluent. This will change how we see the tech ecosystem. Hidden Market Gems Jan 08, 2026 https://hiddenmarketgems.substack.com/p/ibms-acquisition-of-confluent-will Also - this article https://medium.com/@hugolu87/the-real-reason-ibm-acquired-confluent-for-11bn-13060d32b1b3 The Real Reason IBM Acquired Confluent for $11bn IBM’s play for Real-Time Context Hugo Lu Follow 13 min read · Jan 14, 2026

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/business-building/our-insights/intelligence-at-scale-data-monetization-in-the-age-of-gen-ai July 31, 2025 | Article- McKinsey

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/triple-the-return-how-companies-can-get-more-from-enterprise-tech?stcr=C64EDC6C30D74286B56617AB360B0CB0&cid=mgp_opr-eml-alt-dna_mt-mgp-glb--&hlkid=4279fdaa9329466c8a909c92c52c139e&hctky=2692013&hdpid=8fe97323-560b-4d4e-907a-44bae946a4b0 October 20, 2025 | Article - McKinsey

April 23, 2025 | Article McKinsey https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-missing-data-link-five-practica...

Jack Vanlightly September 25, 2023 https://jack-vanlightly.com/blog/2023/9/25/on-the-future-of-cloud-services-and-byoc

McKinsey December 19, 2023 | Article https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-bottom-line-benefit-of-the-p...

https://menlovc.com/2023-the-state-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise-report/ We surveyed more than 450 enterprise executives across the...

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