展望2026：技术未来趋势报告

Each year, Thoughtworks’ Looking Glass report looks beyond individual technologies to examine the forces reshaping how organizations build, run and evolve their technology estates.

This year’s trends reflect a moment of transition. Long-running shifts around platforms, data, security and experience design are converging with rapid advances in AI. The result is not a single disruptive technology, but a reconfiguration of how technology creates value across the enterprise. Systems are becoming more adaptive. Interactions more intent-driven. Governance more embedded in day-to-day delivery.

In this issue of the Looking Glass, the five lenses in focus are:

AI and software delivery: Time to rebuild core systems. AI is moving beyond task automation to rebuild the foundations of software delivery — modernizing legacy systems, improving architectural integrity and strengthening pipelines.

Preparing for agentic transformation. Most enterprises still treat AI as isolated experiments. The question is no longer “how many models can we deploy?” but “how fast can we rewire our business so agents can operate across it?”

In evolving interactions, AI reimagines the possibilities. Digital experiences are shifting from screen-based interfaces to agentic, intent-driven systems that interpret goals, act with autonomy and adapt to context.

From data platforms to AI-ready data ecosystems. To compete in the AI era, data platforms need to evolve into federated, product-centric environments that supply trustworthy, real-time data to humans and agents.

Building AI capabilities on responsible foundations. As AI proliferates, responsible tech is shifting from aspiration to operational discipline — embedding safety, privacy, security and sustainability into every AI-enabled workflow.

As ever, this report is grounded in what we see working with clients around the world. It is meant to help you understand what shapes the future.

You can read the Looking Glass here