2026年超级赋能：人工智能与颠覆的新时代报告-

SuperchargedAIand

theNew

AgeofDisruptionDisrupTech,London

March2026淘宝：汤森严选AmitNayerCo-HeadofUK,EuropeandMEA

Technology,Citi

InvestmentBankingamit.nayer@citi.comYishaiFransisCo-HeadofUK,EuropeandMEA

Technology,Citi

InvestmentBankingyishai.fransis@citi.comAnujGangaharEditor-in-Chief,CitiInstituteanuj.gangahar@citi.comAuthorsTheimage

on

the

cover

depicts

a

a

quantum

computer

cryostat.ContentsForeword

5AutonomousDrivingandHumanoids

7AutonomousDriving:From

Assistance

to

Agentic

.............

7Humanoids

and

Physical

AI:Prototype

to

Practical

............8BuildingtheNextGenerationof

AICompanies

11Integrated

and

agentic

AI

platforms

.........................11Investmentincomputinginfrastructure

.....................11Responsible

AIatScale

.....................................

12GlobalThemesinAIInfrastructureandAdvanced/Quantum

Computing

13Classical

Computing

Approaches

Physical

Limits

............

13QuantumComputingMovesFrom

Theory

toPractice.........

13Convergence:Hybrid

Systems

and

QuantumEnhanced

AI......

14AI,DigitalDefenseandtheFutureofConflict

16Hybrid

Warfareas

theNewBaseline.........................

16Ethical,Political,and

Societal

Considerations

................

17ReinventingClassifiedsandMarketplaces

–theAIRevolution

18TheFutureofPayments

21What’sNextforNeobanks?233

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ofDisruption4

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CitigroupForewordTechnology

has

always

had

the

power

to

reshape

societies.But

the

currentwaveof

disruption

–drivenbyadvancesinartificialintelligence

–isunfoldingat

dizzying

pace

and

on

an

unprecedented

scale

.Unlikeprevioustechnologicalrevolutions,

whichgenerallytookdecades,AI

is

firing

change

across

industries,institutions

and

societies

in

real

time

.It’s

a

challenge

just

to

keep

up.Rudimentary

task-based

systems

have

already

given

way

to

powerful

modelsthat

can

reason,

generate

content,interact

and

learn

from

vast

stores

of

data.As

these

systems

improve,

they

are

set

to

change

everything:

from

the

way

weworkandcreate

value,

tohow

wemakedecisionsanddeliverservices.It’snoexaggeration

to

say

they

will

fundamentally

change

our

way

of

life

and

challengelong

held

notions

aboutthe

norms

ofthe

human

experience.While

AIisalreadyreshaping

sectorsincludinghealthcare,

finance,

educationandmedia,

the

most

profound

implications

likely

still

lie

ahead.

And

they

will

probablyemerge

frompossibilities

wehave

yet

to

–

or

are

only

justbeginning

to

–imagine.Autonomous

workflows,self-improvinginfrastructure,personalizeddigitalecosystemsand

AI-augmentedhumancapabilitiessuggestafuturein

which

theboundarybetweenhumanandmachineintelligencebecomesincreasingly

fluidandblurred.Thispresents

enormouspotential,including

enhancedproductivity,

scientificbreakthroughs

and

solutions

to

complex

global

challenges.Butit

alsoraisesfundamental

andprofound

questions

about

ethics,knowledge,

governance,

equityand

trust.

We

will

all

wrestle

with

these

issues

in

the

comingmonths

and

years.Thisreport,

which

accompanies

Citi’sDisrupTech

conferencebeinghostedinLondoninMarch,

focuses

on

a

few

areas

of

disruptive

technology,

takingininnovationsthemselves,but

also

the

shifts

they

will

drive.In

doing

so,it

aims

to

provide

aoverview

of

the

transformative

forces

at

play

and

the

considerations

requiredtonavigate

this

exciting

and

challengingnew

age

of

intelligence.YishaiFransisand

AmitNayerCo-HeadsofUK,Europe

andMEA

Technology,Citi

InvestmentBanking5

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and

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ofDisruptionAutonomousDriving

andHumanoidsTwo

of

thebiggest

technological

shifts

gainingmomentum

today

are

autonomousmobility

and

therise

ofhumanoid

andphysical

AI-enabledrobots.

Theyrepresenta

structuralinnovation

cycle

with

far-reachingimplications

forproductivity,demographics,

capital

allocation,labor

markets

and

competition.AutonomousDriving:FromAssistancetoAgenticAutonomous

driving

is

moving

from

advanced

driver

assistance

systems

towardagentic,action

taking

AI,capable

of

independently

perceiving,deciding

andcompletingcomplex

tasks.Threecore

forcesareat

work:•AIsophisticationandmultimodalperception:

Theability

for

AI

tointegratevision,language,decision

making,and

motion

control

in

real

time

isaccelerating

autonomy

in

mobility

systems.•Data

availability

and

simulation:

Virtual

environments

are

increasingly

crucialfortraining

self-driving

models

at

scale,shortening

development

cycles

andimprovingsafety.•Policy,infrastructure

and

labor

economics:Autonomous

driving

is

seen

asapotentialsolution

forlogisticsinefficiencies,

withlaborsubstitutionakeymacroeconomic

narrative.220200180160140120100806020242025Figure1.Globalautonomousvehicle

marketsize(2024-2030)7

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and

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ofDisruptionMarketsize(USDbillionS)Source:GrandView

Research20302028202920262027Whiletimelines

remain

a

point

of

debate,investment

is

being

driven

by

theconviction

thatautonomy

willreshapesupplychains,

transportationnetworks

andproductivity,

with

the

greatest

focusonplatforms

thatcanconvertagentic

intelligenceintoreal-worldreliability.HumanoidsandPhysicalAI:PrototypetoPracticalHumanoids

–robots

designed

to

move,interact

and

perform

tasks

in

humanenvironments

–are

shifting

rapidly

from

research

prototypes

to

commercialplatforms.CitiInstituteanalysishighlightsprojectionsofhundredsofmillionsof

humanoids

in

the

global

workforce

by2050,supported

by

declining

costs

andrising

capability.

Their

emergence

has

three

important

drivers:•Technologicalreadiness:

Advanced

AInowenablesrobots

tosee,learn,move,

talk

and

act

with

greater

dexterity.Some

can

perform

fine

motor

taskspreviously

thoughtunattainable

formachines.•Demographic

and

labor

pressures:

Aging

populations

and

persistent

shortagesinlogistics,care,constructionandhospitalityamplifydemand

forroboticlaborsubstitutesandcomplements.•Economic

scalability:

As

hardware

and

training

costs

fall,humanoids

evolvefrom

niche

uses

to

general

purpose

labor

platforms.Citi

Institute1

analysispoints

toamulti-trilliondollarhumanoidmarketbymidcentury.Figure2.Robotunitnumberforecastbytype4,5004,0003,5003,0002,5002,0001,5001,0005000

Autonomous

vehicles

Domestic

cleaningrobots

.

Humanoids

Automated

guided

vehicles

and

autonomousmobilerobots.

Drones203220332034203520362037203820392040

Caringrobots

Commercial

cleaning

robots204220432044204520462047204820492050●Food

and

grocerydeliveryrobots

Food

servicerobots202320242025202620272028202920308

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ofDisruptionSource:Citi

GPS20412031Investmentis

focusedon

theconvergenceof

software-definedrobotics,multimodal

AIandlow-costsensing.

Thestrategicimplicationis

thathumanoidsmay

become

as

important

to

physical

labor

as

the

microprocessor

was

tocomputation,enabling

entirely

new

industries

and

service

models.Autonomous

driving

and

humanoids

share

a

unifying

theme:embodied

AImigrating

fromdigitalenvironmentsinto

thephysical

world.

Theinvestmentnarrative

now

centers

on

which

ecosystems

–software,compute,simulation,safety

and

deployment

platforms

–

will

achieve

scale

advantages

as

autonomypermeates

mobility,industry

and

daily

life.RelatedReading

fromCitiInstituteThe

Citi

Institute

Podcast:

TheAutonomousEdge(Agentic

AI)

–Discussion

of

autonomous,

actiontaking

AI

systemsrelevant

to

theevolution

of

self

directed

machines,

includingmobility

applications.TheRiseof

AIRobots(CitiGPSReport)

–Insightsintothe

drivers

of

physical

AI

adoptionand

themacroeconomic

forcesbehind

robot

labor.TheRiseof

AIRobots

–Humanoids

AreComing

for

You–

Adeepexplorationof

the

growth

trajectoryfor

humanoids

and

physical

AI.The

Citi

Institute

Podcast:

The

RiseofAIRobots

–Dialogueon

simulation,dexterity,and

globalrobotics

ecosystems.9

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and

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Age

ofDisruptionBuildingtheNext

Generationof

AI

CompaniesAcross

globalmarkets,anew

waveof

AIdrivensoftwareplayersisemerging,reshaping

the

digital

economy.Several

themes

define

the

ambitions,constraintsandmarketsentimentaround

these

firms.IntegratedandagenticAIplatformsOnedefining

themeis

theshift

fromnarrow,specialized

AI

tools

towardbroadplatforms

capable

of

reasoning

across

text,images,audio

and

structured

data.Enterprises

are

moving

away

from

isolated

AI

deployments

and

toward

integratedsystems

thatcombine

generative,agenticanddomain-specificintelligence.

Thiscapability–

where

models

can

ingest

and

combine

diverse

inputs

–is

acceleratingthepaceat

whichnewusesemergeandscale.Agentic

AI,in

particular,is

seen

as

a

breakthrough,enabling

autonomous

taskexecution,higherorderdecisionmakingandself-improving

workflows

thatexpand

farbeyond

traditionalproductivity

gains.InvestmentincomputinginfrastructureAI’s

explosiveriseisunderpinnedbymassiveinvestmentsin

computeinfrastructure,networking

and

datapipelines.

Analysis

from

CitiResearch

suggeststhat

capital

expenditure

on

AI

infrastructure

is

already

surpassing

hundreds

ofbillions

of

dollars

annually,

easing

earlier

capacitybottlenecks

andimprovingreturn

oninvestment

as

enterprise

deployments

shift

frompilots

toproduction.2Theinfrastructureraceisnotonlyaboutrawcomputingpower

–itinvolvesdesigningarchitecturesthatsupportreliablereasoning

,modelfinetuningand

continuousimprovement.AI

is

also

accelerating

a

rethink

of

the

enterprise

technology

stack

–

much

likecloudcomputingandSaaSdidin

thepreviousera

.Businessesareredesigning

workflowsaround

AInative

tools,automatingroutine

tasks,augmentingdecision

making

and

embedding

real

time

intelligence

into

customer

facing

andoperational

systems.As

organizations

adopt

AI

across

functions

–

from

operations

to

treasury

tocustomer

service

–it

becomes

clear

that

success

will

require

the

ability

to

combinescale

with

rigorous

governance,

data

quality

and

structured

change

management.11

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and

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ofDisruptionResponsibleAIatScaleAcrossglobalinstitutions,responsible

AIframeworksarebecomingessentialas

deploymentsscaleacrosstensof

thousandsof

employeesandacrossmarkets.

Organizationsarebuildingguardrailsintodesign,trainingandexecutionto

ensure

transparency,risk

controls

and

safe

outputs.

These

governancestructures

willbecomecompetitivedifferentiatorsas

AIsystemsmoveintoeven

higher-stakeenvironments.Of

course,successisnotbuilton

technologyalone

–itrequireslargescaleworkforce

adoption,

training

and

cultural

change.

AI“champions”need

to

beembedded

across

organizations,

while

continuous

user

feedback

loops

andupskilling

can

accelerate

adoption

in

global

enterprises.As

adoption

reaches

critical

mass,

AI

driven

productivity

gains

are

expected

tocontributesignificantly

toeconomic

growth,

thoughbenefitsdependoneffective

integration,not

justavailabilityof

tools.The

rapid

global

rollout

of

AI

capabilities

across

dozens

of

countries

reflectsboth

thescalabilityofmodern

AIplatformsand

thecompetitivepressure

tobuild

AI-firstoperatingmodels.Expansionacrossregionsdemonstrates

that

AIcompaniesof

the

future

willlikelybe

truly

global

–definednot

justbyinnovationhubsbutbybroaddeploymentreachandlocalrelevance.RelatedReading

fromacrossCitiCiti

Research:AI:

The

Information

Era’s

Apex

Technology

–on

AIindustryeconomics,infrastructure

investment,

andlong

term

forecasts.The

AI

Revolution

–Unlock

YourPotential

–on

generative+agenticAIininvestmentmanagementand

organizationalstrategy.Citi

Research:

E48:Productivity

&The

AI

Revolution

–on

macro

implicationsandproductivitycyclesinAIadoption.Evolution

of

AI

at

Google

and

Citi–on

multimodalAI

and

enterprise

governance.12

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and

theNew

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ofDisruptionGlobalThemesinAI

InfrastructureandAdvanced/Quantum

ComputingThe

globalbuild

out

of

AI-readyinfrastructure

and

the

acceleratingmaturation

ofadvanced

and

quantum

computing

are

game

changing

for

the

technological

andeconomiclandscape.Threeinterlocking

themesdominatesentimentandlong-termstrategicpositioning:

thephysicallimitsof

classicalcomputingand

theneed

fornew

architectures,

theinfrastructuralintensityof

AIscale-upand

thedisruptive

trajectoryof

quantumcapability.ClassicalComputingApproachesPhysicalLimitsForhalfa

century,

classical

computingbroadly

followedMoore’sLawby

doubling

the

number

of

transistorsper

chip

every

two

years.But

those

gains

arenowplateauing

as

transistorminiaturizationnears

itsphysical

threshold.

CitiInstitute

analysishighlightsthat

computing

is

“at

an

inflection

point”,3

with

classical

architectures

no

longerdelivering

the

step

function

efficiencyneeded

for

emerging

workloads

such

aslarge-scale

AI

training

and

high-fidelity

simulations.This

stagnation

is

pushing

governments

and

enterprises

to

diversify

computingroadmaps

toward

specialized

accelerators,neuromorphic

designs

and

quantum-

adjacenthybrid

systems.

The

shiftis

structural,

withlong-termimplications

forglobalinfrastructure

spending,

supply

chains

and

the

tech

strategies

ofnations.AImodelsrequire

enormous

energy,

compute,

connectivity

and

storage

capacities.Theresultinginfrastructure

stack

–

from

data

centers

andhighbandwidthnetworks

to

specialized

chips

andpower

systems

–isincreasingly

viewed

as

criticalnationalinfrastructure.Market

sentiment

seems

tobe

shapedby

expectations

that

computescarcity

and

energy

or

capital,

willbetheprimary

constraint

on

AIprogress.QuantumComputingMovesFromTheory

toPracticeQuantumcomputingisnowtransitioningfromscientificexperimentation

tocommerciallymeaningfuldevelopment.CitiInstitutehasoutlinedhow

quantumsystemsareadvancingata“doubly

exponential”rate,potentially

enablingtasksthatexceedclassicallimitsinoptimization,simulation,machinelearningandcryptography.13

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and

theNew

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ofDisruptionRecentCitiInstitutereports(seerelatedreading)have

emphasized:•Quantum’s

capacity

to

transform

industries

like

logistics,drug

discovery,materials

science

and

cybersecurity.•Therapid

timeline

towardlogicalqubitsand

fault

tolerantarchitectures,

withsome

forecasts

suggesting

quantum

systems

may

be

powerful

enough

tochallengeexistingencryptionstandards

withina

few

years.•The

policy

urgency

around

post-quantum

cryptography,as

regulators

globallybegin

mandating

readiness

and

migration

planning.This

creates

a

dual

track

narrative:quantum

as

both

a

catalyst

for

economicvaluecreationandadriverof

systemiccybersecurityriskthatrequiresimmediateattention.Convergence:HybridSystemsandQuantum

EnhancedAIThe

next

wave

of

innovation

will

likely

emerge

from

hybrid

models

that

integrateclassical

compute,

accelerators,

and

quantum

subsystems.

This

convergencepositions

quantum

not

as

a

replacement

but

as

a

capability

multiplier

for

AI

andother

compute-intensive

applications.Strategically,

thisispushing

corporates,markets

and

governments

towardlonghorizoninvestmentsin

talent,R&D

and

security

frameworks

designed

to

operateina

post

classical

computing

world.RelatedReading

fromacrossCitiCitiResearch:E47:Quantum

Computing

–Closer

Than

You

Think?

(Podcast)Exploreshybridcomputing,industry

applications,andmilestonestoward

fault

tolerance.Future

of

Quantum

in

Finance

–CitiInstitute

Future

of

Finance

Forum–quantum

risk,post

quantumcryptography,and

regulatoryresponses.QuantumComputing:MovingQuicklyFrom

Theory

toReality

–

CitiGPS,

foundational

framingonlimitsof

classicalcomputing

and

quantum’s

growth

trajectory.Citi

Institute

Future

of

Finance

Forum2025

–Broader

contexton

AIand

frontier

technology

infrastructureshaping

global

finance.14

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and

theNew

Age

ofDisruptionAI,Digital

Defenseand

theFutureofConflictArtificialintelligence

and

digital

technologies

areredefining

the

global

securitylandscape,

transformingnot

onlyhow

conflicts

are

foughtbuthow

statesdeteradversariesand

strengthennationalresilience.

Several

themes

stand

out

in

shapingpolicymaker

thinking,investor

sentiment

andlong-term

defenseinnovation

trajectories.HybridWarfareastheNewBaselineContemporary

conflicts

are

increasingly

“hybrid,”

combining

conventional

militaryassets

with

cyber

operations,information

manipulation

and

economic

pressure.According

to

the

Citi

Institute’s

analysis,modern

warfare

extends

“far

beyondtraditionalmilitarypower,”requiring

states

to

developresilience

acrossphysical,digital,

and

societal

domains.

This

evolution

places

AI

enabled

threat

detection,rapid

decision

support

systems

andintegrated

commandnetworks

atthe

center

offuture

defense

planning.A

crucial

themein

global

defense

thinkingis

the

tensionbetween

adopting

cuttingedge

technologies

andmaintainingprovenlegacy

systems.

A

CitiInstitutepodcast4

underscored

theneed

for

a

“layered,

cost

effective

defensemodel”rather

thanreliance

on

any

single

transformative

technology

or

“goldenbullet”.

AsAIpermeatestargeting,

surveillance,logistics

and

autonomous

platforms,

defense

plannersemphasize

redundancy,interoperability

and

multi-domain

flexibility.

This

balancedapproachreduces

systemic

vulnerabilities

that

could

arise

from

over-centralizationon

digital

systems

alone.Cyber

warfarehasbecome

aprimarybattleground,influencingnot

only

thesecurity

sector

but

also

corporate

strategy

and

national

economic

planning.

TheCitiInstitutepodcast

Hybrid

Warfare,

AI

andLeadershipin

an

Age

ofDisruptionhighlights

the

rise

of

cyber

threats

as

integral

to

modern

conflict,requiringpersistent

investment

in

digital

infrastructure,

secure

data

architectures,

and

AIdrivenintrusion

detection

systems.

As

geopolitical

tensionsintensify,informationdominance

–

the

ability

to

secure

communications,

disrupt

adversary

networks

andcontrol

strategicnarratives

–becomesa

decisive

competitive

edge.16

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and

theNew

Age

ofDisruptionWith

greatpowerrivalryresurging,

governments

are

shifting

fromcounterinsurgency-focusedpostures

toward

conventional

deterrence

and

allianceinteroperability.

TheCitiInstitutepodcast

stressesrenewed

emphasis

onNATOreadinessand

strategicpreparednessinresponse

to

evolving

global

threats.AI-driven

modeling,

wargaming

and

predictive

threat

assessment

tools

areincreasingly

central

to

this

recalibration,informing

defense

allocations

and

shapingpublic

policy

debates

around

sustainable

long-term

security

spending.Ethical,Political,andSocietalConsiderationsBeyondtechnology,nationalresilienceisshapedbypolitical

willandpublicsupport

forsustaineddefensemodernization.

TheCitiInstitutepodcasthighlights

thechallengeofmotivatingleadersandsocieties

toinvestinethicallygrounded

AI

development

and

robust

defense

ecosystems

in

an

era

of

rapidtechnologicaldisruption.5

Issuessuchasautonomous

weaponsgovernance,

datasovereignty,andcivilianmilitary

technologyspillovers

willinfluenceboth

regulatoryframeworksandinvestmentclimates.Overall,

AI

and

digital

defense

represent

structural,long

duration

themestranscendingindustryboundaries.

They

arereshaping

globalriskpatterns,

capitalallocation

priorities

and

geopolitical

power

dynamics

–making

them

essentialfocus

areas

forinvestors

evaluatinglong-term

strategic

exposure.RelatedReading

fromCitiInstituteHybrid

Warfare,

AIandLeadershipinan

AgeofDisruption–

A

comprehensive

exploration

of

hybridconflict,

defense

innovation,

and

the

evolvingmilitarylandscape.17©

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CitigroupSuperchargeMe:

AI

and

theNew

Age

ofDisruptionReinventingClassifieds

andMarketplaces

–theAIRevolutionAIisreshaping

classifieds

andmarketplaces

from

staticlistingboardsintoadaptive,intent-driven

matchmakers.Agentic

discovery

is

fragmenting

the

top

of

the

funnel:

AI

assistants

increasinglycurate,

compare

and

transact

onbehalf

of

users,

shifting

traffic

away

fromtraditional

SEOled

flows

toward

conversation

and

task-driveninterfaces.

Thisrewiresacquisition

economics,

weakensbrandprimacyandraises

the

stakes

forinventory

accessibility

via

open

APIs

and

structured

data.6Agains