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Themes by year

What 78 keynotes were about, 2024 to 2026: each keynote carries 1 to 3 of 16 themes, so the story can be compared across years and conferences

A cell counts that year's keynotes tagged with the theme; darker means a larger share of that year's keynotes. Years with fewer than five keynotes on file, and keynotes still pending a summary, are left out of the grid.

What the themes mean

Agents: AI agents, agentic workflows, agent platforms and protocols such as MCP and A2A.

Assistants: Consumer and workplace AI assistants: Siri, the Gemini app, Copilot, ChatGPT features.

AI coding: AI for software development: coding agents, developer tools, code review.

Models: New frontier and foundation models and model families from the host.

Open models: Open-weight models and the ecosystems around them.

AI infrastructure: Chips, GPUs, accelerators, AI data centers and factories, networking and compute.

Data platforms: Databases, lakehouses, warehouses, streaming, analytics and data engineering.

Cloud: Cloud platform services, migration, hybrid and multicloud, serverless.

Devices: Phones, PCs, wearables, glasses, headsets and other consumer hardware.

Robotics: Robotics, physical AI, autonomous vehicles, simulation and digital twins.

Security: Cybersecurity, identity and the security of AI systems.

Governance: AI governance, trust, responsible AI, compliance and sovereignty.

Enterprise apps: Business applications with AI: CRM, ERP, IT service, HR, marketing, creative suites.

Open source: Open-source software and communities: Kubernetes, Linux, Postgres and more.

Platforms: Operating systems and app platforms: iOS, Android, Windows, the web, design tools.

Pricing: Pricing, packaging, licensing and free tiers as a headline.

Themes are picked from this fixed list only, 1 to 3 per keynote, most central first, from the transcript or the official recap.

Sources: official keynote videos, their captions and the hosts' recaps, summarized by AI; watch the source for exact wording. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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