--- schema: 1 type: video title: 'AI in 2026: Reid Hoffman’s Predictions on Agents, Work, and Creation' description: >- From cofounding LinkedIn to backing OpenAI early, Reid Hoffman is in the habit of being right about the future, so we wanted to know what he saw coming in 2026. In his third appearance on AI & I, Hoffman lays out his predictions for where AI will go in the 12 months ahead. He talks to Dan Shipper about how agents will break out of coding into other domains and who’s winning the coding agent race. They also get into how Hoffman defines artificial general intelligence, the way he believes enterprises will use AI, and why public debate on AI might turn more negative, even as the technology becomes more empowering for individuals. Hoffman’s other bets on the future include cofounding AI drug discovery startup Manas AI, investing at venture capital firm Greylock Partners, writing books, and hosting the Masters of Scale podcast. He’s also an investor at Every. 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To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:52 - Introduction 00:02:20 - The future of work is an entrepreneurial mindset 00:05:22 - Creation is addictive (and that’s okay) 00:09:22 - Why discourse around AI might get uglier this year 00:17:03 - AI agents will break out of coding in 2026 00:24:18 - What makes Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 such a good model 00:28:46 - Who will win the agentic coding race 00:36:13 - Why enterprise AI will finally land this year 00:43:16 - How Hoffman defines AGI 00:55:33 - The most underrated category to watch in AI right now Links to resources mentioned in the episode: Reid Hoffman: Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) The AI drug discovery startup Hoffman cofounded: Manas AI canonical: >- https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/video/ai-in-2026-reid-hoffman-s-predictions-on-agents-wor-29880736c9d4 markdown: >- https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/video/ai-in-2026-reid-hoffman-s-predictions-on-agents-wor-29880736c9d4.md llms: null parent: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md' channel: everyinc updated: '2026-10-24T01:05:53.543Z' language: null children: [] videoId: QyierGDlMOY durationSeconds: 3575 publishedAt: '2026-01-07T16:00:45.000Z' searchChunks: - ordinal: 0 text: null startSeconds: 0 endSeconds: 12 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=0' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 1 text: null startSeconds: 12 endSeconds: 52 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=12' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 2 text: null startSeconds: 63 endSeconds: 142 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=63' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 3 text: null startSeconds: 142 endSeconds: 152 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=142' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 4 text: null startSeconds: 152 endSeconds: 322 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=152' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 5 text: null startSeconds: 332 endSeconds: 568 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=332' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 6 text: null startSeconds: 580 endSeconds: 658 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=580' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 7 text: null startSeconds: 669 endSeconds: 748 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=669' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 8 text: null startSeconds: 960 endSeconds: 972 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=960' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 9 text: null startSeconds: 1027 endSeconds: 1038 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=1027' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 10 text: null startSeconds: 1155 endSeconds: 1257 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=1155' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 11 text: null startSeconds: 1349 endSeconds: 1360 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=1349' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 12 text: null startSeconds: 1469 endSeconds: 1733 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=1469' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 13 text: null startSeconds: 1743 endSeconds: 1824 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=1743' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 14 text: null startSeconds: 2068 endSeconds: 2180 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=2068' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 15 text: null startSeconds: 2319 endSeconds: 2425 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=2319' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 16 text: null startSeconds: 2546 endSeconds: 2600 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=2546' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 17 text: null startSeconds: 2612 endSeconds: 2703 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=2612' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 18 text: null startSeconds: 2841 endSeconds: 2945 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=2841' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 19 text: null startSeconds: 2957 endSeconds: 3054 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=2957' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 20 text: null startSeconds: 3065 endSeconds: 3166 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=3065' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 21 text: null startSeconds: 3176 endSeconds: 3310 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=3176' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 22 text: null startSeconds: 3343 endSeconds: 3575 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/QyierGDlMOY?t=3343' heldReason: rights --- # AI in 2026: Reid Hoffman’s Predictions on Agents, Work, and Creation From cofounding LinkedIn to backing OpenAI early, Reid Hoffman is in the habit of being right about the future, so we wanted to know what he saw coming in 2026. In his third appearance on AI & I, Hoffman lays out his predictions for where AI will go in the 12 months ahead. He talks to Dan Shipper about how agents will break out of coding into other domains and who’s winning the coding agent race. They also get into how Hoffman defines artificial general intelligence, the way he believes enterprises will use AI, and why public debate on AI might turn more negative, even as the technology becomes more empowering for individuals. Hoffman’s other bets on the future include cofounding AI drug discovery startup Manas AI, investing at venture capital firm Greylock Partners, writing books, and hosting the Masters of Scale podcast. He’s also an investor at Every. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:52 - Introduction 00:02:20 - The future of work is an entrepreneurial mindset 00:05:22 - Creation is addictive (and that’s okay) 00:09:22 - Why discourse around AI might get uglier this year 00:17:03 - AI agents will break out of coding in 2026 00:24:18 - What makes Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 such a good model 00:28:46 - Who will win the agentic coding race 00:36:13 - Why enterprise AI will finally land this year 00:43:16 - How Hoffman defines AGI 00:55:33 - The most underrated category to watch in AI right now Links to resources mentioned in the episode: Reid Hoffman: Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) The AI drug discovery startup Hoffman cofounded: Manas AI Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/video/ai-in-2026-reid-hoffman-s-predictions-on-agents-wor-29880736c9d4 · Channel: [Every](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md) > Search chunk text is held until public-source provenance is verified. ## Document chunks > Missing: no stored document chunks are available.