CNBC AI Forum 2026

No company will survive the next decade without a cogent AI strategy and significant plans to invest in the transformative technology. Across all sectors, this reality is turning all executives into AI decision makers. The entire C-suite needs to understand how AI is changing the nature of work, the workforce, and their customers. It’s 2026. AI is everywhere. 

That includes Dallas, Texas. 

Cheap energy, wide open spaces and a friendly environment for innovation and experimentation are quietly turning Dallas into a hub for enterprise-minded AI development. Dallas now boasts one of the largest tech workforces in the country; a result of local universities’ focus on growing new AI and engineering programs, and Texas’ lower cost of living drawing talent away from Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, key industries, from telecom to healthcare to financial services, are embedding AI into existing infrastructure in Dallas or setting down new roots to build AI systems that can solve real-world problems for their customers. 

This fall, CNBC will travel to Dallas, Texas, to host the second annual AI Forum, where visionary thought leaders, pioneering entrepreneurs, and groundbreaking researchers will come together for an event that reflects the city’s technology-driven future.

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