Résumé
The year 2025 ends on a note of raw maturity: artificial intelligence, data and digital infrastructures have ceased to be technological promises and have become levers of sovereign power. What was once a peripheral innovation is now a central issue, on a par with energy and defense. The global economy has understood that mastery of digital technology is a prerequisite for the ability to produce, to make decisions and, ultimately, to remain free to make strategic choices.
However, 2025 didn't mark a lull. Above all, it put an end to a misunderstanding. While many were fascinated by spectacular interfaces, the real value was shifting to less visible projects: industrializing uses, overhauling data architectures and securing business processes. Where some expected immediate magic, the most successful players did what winners always do: they invested in engineering, method and governance (even if it's less sexy!).
This shift today draws a clear dividing line. On the one hand, organizations that have structured their information systems as strategic assets are gaining in robustness and agility. On the other, those that have given in to uncontrolled acceleration, piling on opaque third-party solutions, are seeing an invisible debt grow. This debt is not just technical: it's regulatory, economic and sovereign.
In 2026, the question will no longer be " doing AI " but who really controls the value chain (models, computing infras...)
The year ahead must be one of stabilization. We need to resist both haste and caution (which can paralyze). This means thinking through architectures right from the design stage, prioritizing interoperability and security over short-term convenience, and reconciling performance and responsibility.
Transparency and traceability are no longer administrative constraints: they have become the conditions for industrial efficiency. Without confidence rooted in technical proof, deployment at scale will remain an illusion.
For us in Europe, the challenge is one of lucid sovereignty, capable of freeing ourselves from the alternative between naive dependence and vain isolationism. Our technological autonomy will not be born of slogans, but of our capacity for execution, chosen cooperation and alignment between political ambition and industrial reality.
2026 must be the year when everyone agrees to build, seriously, with rigor and ambition.
The challenge is no longer to be impressed by technology, but to master it, so we don't become mere users of other people's futures.
Best wishes to all and full success for your projects.
And we look forward to working together!
Antoine Jeanjean
Founder & CEO Bodic
