2026 AI Predictions

Greg's Prediction: Micro-companies explode in volume and weirdness. Tiny AI-augmented businesses serving tiny online tribes become a real career path. Plus, the first agent-driven media companies appeared: daily shows, newsletters, and entire channels run autonomously with one human editor.

My Interpretation: The future of business isn't hiring a team of 20. It's you + AI running a full media empire from your kitchen table. One person can now do what used to require an entire production staff. This is your opportunity to finally start that side hustle you have always dreamed of or finally build that app you always talked about building.

What this means: Women are building killer businesses with the help of AI at a rate like never before. Here are some of my personal favorites you should have on your radar:

Greg's Prediction: Personalized education unbundles the university. A major university might even drop its computer science degree in favor of "agent systems," "model psychology," and "human interface architecture."

My Interpretation: We've been stuck in a one-size-fits-all education model for decades. With AI, we're about to see true personalization, with learning tailored to how each student actually learns, their interests, strengths, weaknesses, and goals. Everyone gets their own Harvard-level education track, customized just for them.

What this means: In addition to education, we are also going to see hyper personalization in other prominent fields like medicine, nutrition, and career development. The $60K–$250K university degree might become optional when you can get a personalized AI education for a fraction of the cost.

Why human communities still matter: This is exactly why spaces like AI Snack Club exist. AI can personalize the content, but it can't replicate human accountability, shared experiences, or learning by doing together. You need both the AI tutor and the IRL study group.

Greg's Prediction: Blue-collar trades become safe havens. Electricians, plumbers, and HVAC techs see wages skyrocket as white-collar automation accelerates.

My Interpretation: Here's the plot twist nobody saw coming: while AI replaces knowledge workers, the people who work with their hands are suddenly in the driver's seat. You can automate a marketing analyst. You can't automate fixing a leaking pipe in your ceiling at 2am.

What this means: If you have kids thinking about college, trades suddenly look very different than they did five years ago. A plumber might out-earn a software engineer by 2030. That sentence would've sounded crazy in 2020.

Greg's Prediction: The rise of analog status. "Analog" becomes the ultimate flex. Film cameras, handwritten notes, and acoustic instruments explode in value.

My Interpretation: This is my favorite prediction on the entire list. In a world drowning in AI-generated content, anything provably human becomes precious. I already own several handheld point-and-shoot cameras, a Fuji Instax film camera, and I dream about my old pink razr flip phone. Turns out I'm just early to the trend.

AI-generated music is raking in millions on Spotify. Completely fake artists with fake personas are pulling real streaming revenue while TikTok's viral "I Run" song sparked debates over whether it was human-made

BEIS luggage sent a Cyber Monday email with subject line "FRAUD ALERT" to announce a sale. When your marketing simulates identity theft, maybe rethink the strategy…

Spotify Wrapped bounced back after last year's AI flop. They ditched the gimmicky features, hit 200M users in 24 hours vs. 62 hours in 2024, while Granola's "Crunched 2025" shows how to do AI year-recaps right with LinkedIn flooded by users sharing work insights. Check out mine here!

Grok is exposing real home addresses of non-public individuals, another reason for why I will never recommend this AI tool by Elon Musk.