Predictions for 2026

Wrote these during March and April.

• Cursor gets acquired by xAI or some other big lab that's lagging behind in benchmarks and popularity
• Open AI IPOs
• Anthropic acquires a workspace apps/tools company (Atlassian, Asana, etc.)
• WW3 does not happen
• Opensource models will be relative to closed sourced models
• Jaden Park almost fails second year semester 2