Abu Dhabi, UAE — January 26, 2026 — Machines Can Think 2026 officially opens today, bringing together global leaders in artificial intelligence for two days of focused, execution-driven dialogue on how AI is being built, deployed, and governed in the real world.
For January 26–27, the summit convenes the people shaping AI beyond demos, hype, and pilot projects — uniting builders, researchers, investors, policymakers, and operators responsible for making AI work at scale.
This is not a conversation about what AI might become someday.
It is a conversation about what AI is becoming right now.
From Hype to Production: A Summit Focused on Real AI
Machines Can Think 2026 is designed around a single premise: as AI becomes foundational infrastructure, the most important challenges are no longer theoretical — they are operational, economic, and societal.
Across two days, the summit addresses:
- AI at state and national scale
- Infrastructure, compute, and capital realities
- Governance, safety, and responsibility
- The shift from experimentation to production-grade AI systems
Every discussion is grounded in real deployments, real constraints, and real outcomes.
Today’s Opening Highlights
Key sessions kicking off the summit include:
- Opening Panel — “AI Factories: Enabling AI at State Scale”
Featuring representatives from Mubadala and G42, examining how infrastructure, capital, and governance converge to enable AI at national scale. - “Why Unicorn Logic Breaks in AI — and What Investors Should Do Instead”
A candid discussion on why traditional venture models fail in AI — and how capital allocation must evolve for infrastructure-heavy, long-horizon technologies. - “Objective-Driven AI: World Models, Reasoning, and Efficiency”
A featured session with Yann LeCun, Professor at New York University, exploring the future of AI systems built around reasoning, efficiency, and long-term objectives. - Additional sessions throughout the program focused on AI in production, deployment, governance, and real-world impact.
A Space for Real Conversations
Machines Can Think is intentionally designed as a space for substantive exchange:
- Between builders and policymakers
- Between researchers and operators
- Between long-term vision and real-world execution
The summit reflects a shared understanding: the future of AI will be shaped not only by breakthroughs in models, but by how systems are scaled, governed, and integrated into society.
Machines Can Think 2026 is Live — Join Online from Anywhere
For those who couldn’t secure a ticket to attend in person, Machines Can Think 2026 is now live online.
🎥 Selected sessions are streaming live on X (Twitter), offering global audiences access to the core conversations shaping AI in practice.
🔗 Watch live:
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Join the discussion and follow the conversations defining how AI is being deployed today — not years from now.
Event Details
📍 Machines Can Think 2026
📅 January 26–27, 2026
📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE
About Machines Can Think 2026
Machines Can Think 2026 is a global AI summit dedicated to the real-world deployment, governance, and long-term impact of artificial intelligence. The event convenes leaders from research, enterprise, government, infrastructure, and investment to address how intelligent systems are built, scaled, and operated responsibly — in the present, not the distant future.