WEF 26: Takeaways about the Future of Data & AI – with Florian Bigelmaier, BARC

"It's a special crowd. Whoever makes the way to Davos, has some reason to be there."

Besides politics and big business, AI took center stage at Davos 2026. In this special episode Florian Biegelmaier, Industry Analyst at BARC, speaks with Carsten Bange about his experience at the WEF. They discuss what the Event revealed about the future of Data & AI, covering World Models, AGI, productivity gains from Generative AI, energy demand, and digital sovereignty. A behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's most influential economic summits from a Data & AI expert's perspective.

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