Samsung AI Forum 2026 Highlights Agentic AI's Business Potential

Samsung Electronics hosted its tenth Samsung AI Forum 2026 at the Seocho office complex in southern Seoul, attracting roughly 400 attendees composed of university researchers and company engineers. The event, themed "The Agentic Shift: From Intelligence to Impact," focused on turning agentic AI—systems that can act independently—into tangible business results. Keynotes featured Richard Ho of OpenAI outlining large-model-driven opportunities, while AWS's David Green presented strategies for secure, cost-effective deployment.

Academic perspectives came from University of Washington's Ranjay Krishna on lightweight robotics models and MIT-affiliated Yoon Kim on next-generation agentic architectures. Parallel tracks examined consumer-device AI, continual learning, and semiconductor design applications, with partners such as Dell Technologies and Anthropic showcasing enterprise AI-factory use cases.