🎥 Missed the opening keynote at EdTechX Summit 2026? It's live now.
To kick off the 12th edition of EdTechX, Charles McIntyre (CEO & Founder) and Rory Henson (Partner) of IBIS Capital took the stage to revisit a bold set of predictions from last year… and the results were hard to ignore.
From the rise of autonomous AI agents to a 16% drop in junior job openings tied to AI exposure, from the academic "cheating crisis" to a sobering shift in how AI researchers themselves view catastrophic risk, Charles and Rory unpacked what's actually happened in the last twelve months.
But this wasn't just a look back. They laid out a new framework for the industry: AI as both tutor and apprentice, and three concrete moves for L&D and education leaders in 2026 — building the "alignment infrastructure," redefining AI fluency as a civic literacy (not just prompt-writing), and shifting assessment from product to process.
𝐀𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭: "2026 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞." 🔗 Watch the full opening keynote now:
👏 Huge thanks to Charles McIntyre and Rory Henson for setting the tone for an incredible day at EdTechX 2026.
