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Dealmaking is evolving from a fragmented, experience-driven process into a connected system that compounds insight, improves decisions, and sharpens competitive advantage.

Emerging industry leaders share cutting-edge characteristics that distinguish them from rivals—and attract customers, investors, and valuations. A BCG analysis of 1,000 US private companies in software and physical AI, computing hardware, and quantum computing identified three factors that companies disrupting the industry status quo have in common:

Achieving meaningful impact from an AI transformation requires more than just providing employees with knowledge about the technology. While AI investment is accelerating across industries, many companies report little to no ROI. The answer is translating new capabilities into performance.

European consumers entered 2026 pessimistic about the economy, worried about geopolitical tensions, and focused on essentials, according to a BCG survey of more than 20,000 consumers in 11 European countries.

AI-enabled zero-based redesign gives portfolio companies a faster, more durable path to margin—and a repeatable playbook across the fund.

As AI reshapes the economics of the technology sector, companies are rethinking organizational structures, operating models, talent strategies, and cost structures to compete with faster-moving AI-first rivals.

Demonstrating the cost of inaction is one of the most effective ways to drive change. Climate & Sustainability AI by BCG X brings together multiple data sources to model the potential impact of climate change across regions, helping leaders make more strategic decisions.

In this video, BCG's Hamid Maher shares how witnessing climate change firsthand drives his work — and his hope that AI will become a catalyst for action.

As AI supercharges what business technology can do, CIOs and CFOs must work together to demonstrate the return on their companies’ IT investments.