Arvind Krishna’s keynote at IBM Think: AI-first enterprises, hybrid as default, quantum moves from science to engineering - SiliconANGLE

Arvind Krishna’s keynote at IBM Think: AI-first enterprises, hybrid as default, quantum moves from science to engineering

The artificial intelligence era is widening the gap between winners and laggards, and the delta is not only determined by who has the most AI but also how deeply AI is embedded into business processes. That’s according to IBM Corp. Chief Executive Arvind Krishna at the day 1 keynotes from IBM Think 2026 in Boston.

His talk kept coming back to the operating model change that helps organizations move past experimentation and pilots and into end-to-end workflows where AI changes decisions, cycle times and outcomes. IBM positioned this as a “day zero” moment: AI is here now, but most enterprises are still using it at the margins, and the opportunity window won’t stay open forever.

Krishna (pictured) laid out the bridge between the past and the future in three vectors:

Vector 1: Becoming an AI-first enterprise