IBM: Cooperative Model Routing and Agentic Loops Are the Top Tech Trends of 2026
IBM published its 2026 enterprise AI trends analysis this week on IBM Think, and the framing is notably specific. While most trend reports talk about “AI” in broad strokes, IBM’s research team cut straight to the architectural patterns they expect to dominate enterprise deployments this year: cooperative model routing and agentic loops. These aren’t just buzzwords. They’re the two technical patterns at the heart of every serious agentic deployment — and IBM’s analysis is worth understanding if you’re building or buying AI systems for production. ...