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Future of Finance 2026

AI and the Future of Digital Transformation

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how companies, investors, and governments operate, manage data, and compete at scale. As AI implementation expands across the economy, new practical constraints are coming into view, including workforce challenges, capacity of digital infrastructure and the availability of reliable energy to support continued growth. Geopolitics and considerations around national security further complicate decisions related to workforce readiness and capital allocation. Almost certainly, the answer won’t come from governments and nations alone, but through new initiatives and networked institutions created by forward-thinking AI companies. Join this session to hear from leaders and investors in tech to answer the pivotal question: Can policy, technology, and finance unite to create the promise of tech progress for the many, not just the few? 

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    Moderator

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    Nicole Valentine

    FinTech Senior Director, Milken Institute

    Speakers

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    Karen Kornbluh

    Senior Advisor, Emerging Technology, Milken Institute
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    Eric Mandl

    Senior Managing Director, Technology Investment Banking, Guggenheim Securities
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    Igor Tulchinsky

    Founder, Chairman, and CEO, WorldQuant

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