AI Eats the World (2026)
The article discusses a presentation titled 'AI eats the world' that explores macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. This presentation is part of a series given to various major companies and events. The author has been sharing insights on the impact of AI and technology for several years through these presentations.
- ▪The presentation 'AI eats the world' was produced in May 2026.
- ▪The author has presented to companies like Alphabet, Amazon, and Verizon.
- ▪Previous presentations have covered topics such as 'The Great Unbundling' and 'Mobile is Eating the World'.
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| Original publisher | Benedict Evans |
| Canonical URL | https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations |
| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 05:32:36 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-18T05:44:56.067Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-18T05:44:56.067Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Presentations Twice a year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. New in May 2026, ‘AI eats the world’. Presentations In the last few years, I’ve given presentations for companies including Alphabet, Amazon, AT&T, Axa, Bertelsmann, Deutsche Telekom, Hitachi, L’Oréal, LVMH, Nasdaq, Swiss Re, Warner Media, Verizon and Vodafone. I gave the Autumn 2025 presentation at Slush in Helsinki, and the spring presentation at SuperAI in Singapore - you can watch the videos here.
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