Cross-industry intelligence report drawing on the MIT Technology Review Insights global study of 300 senior technology executives across seven sectors (Dec 2025–Jan 2026). Argues that every industry is converging on agentic AI in software engineering, but from different starting points — and the differentiator ahead is execution at scale rather than adoption alone. Built around five findings:
Convergence with different paths
Adoption speed by industry
Structural constraints
Where value concentrates first
Talent war across sectors
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