<span>Story:: Robots, automation and monetizing artificial intelligence are the hot topics at CES 2026, says this analyst</span><span>:: Las Vegas, Nevada</span><span>:: January 5, 2026</span><span>:: January 4, 2026</span><span>:: Dan Ives, global head of technology research at Wedbush Securities</span><span>“I think 2026 is the year of AI monetization. It’s outside of chatbots. I think that’s what you’re seeing here, the use cases that are coming into play. There was an announcement at CES that AI, this is going to be the year of AI, not just the year that proves it, but I think the year that monetization happens.”</span><span> “For me, it’s about robotics and automation.”</span><span>“I think we’re going to see a lot of these technologies in 2026 and even 2027, and I think just from a bull perspective, we’re still in the third out in terms of this nine-inning game.”</span><span>“I think for years, CES was probably all about refrigerators and drones. Now it’s about the artificial intelligence revolution. Obviously, Jensen[Jensen Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA]AMD’s Lisa Su and others — that’s really the blueprint for what the global tech world is going to look like in 2026.”</span><span>On Monday, the media preview day before the main event of CES, AI chip giant Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the company’s next-generation chips are in full production, and AMD showed off a new AI chip with higher performance,</span><span>Ives said the early keynotes showed how far CES has come in terms of artificial intelligence and its monetization. </span><span>CES takes place from January 6 to 9 and features thousands of exhibitors across 13 venues and 2.6 million square feet (250,000 square meters), according to the Consumer Technology Association.</span>
