Welcome to 2026. Now rinse out that champagne glass and pop some Advil because the tech industry’s biggest show of the year, CES, kicks off on Jan. 6 under the bright lights of Las Vegas.
Companies big and small will take over the famed Strip and Las Vegas Convention Center, debuting their latest and greatest offerings, and a good helping of fly-by-night products that’ll never see the light of day.
While the show officially begins on Jan. 6, the festivities start a few days earlier with events like CES Unveiled and press conferences featuring Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang and AMD (AMD) CEO Lisa Su. And that means you can expect artificial intelligence to be front and center at the trade show.
That will include everything from AI-focused PCs to new chips. But robots are looking like they’ll steal the spotlight in 2026.
“Every year CES has a theme. And sometimes you don’t know what it is until you get to the show, and everybody’s talking about it” explained Kinsey Fabrizio, president of the Consumer Technology Association trade organization, which runs CES.
“But we can tell you right now, robotics is going to be talked about … big time at CES.”
Yahoo Finance will be live and in person in Vegas bringing you all of the latest news and announcements. Here’s what we’re anticipating at CES 2026.
CES has become a kind of battleground for chipmakers and designers to show off their wares to the world right alongside their biggest rivals.
Last year, Nvidia was the talk of Las Vegas when Huang held a keynote in front of a massive audience at the Michelob Ultra Arena, debuting the company’s newest lineup of gaming chips, a desktop-sized AI rig, and a variety of AI software services and platforms.
This year, you can expect even more from the company that closed out 2025 with a $4.5 trillion market cap. Huang, who is scheduled to take the stage at 1:00 p.m. PT on Jan. 5 will likely unveil new gaming offerings, as well as a host of AI apps and capabilities.
AMD’s Su will then host her own keynote a few hours later at 6:30 p.m. PT, giving that company’s rebuttal to Nvidia’s announcements and providing updates on its own gaming and AI products.
Jim Johnson, Senior vice president and GM of Intel’s (INTC) Client Computing Group, which covers sales of the company’s chips for consumer and enterprise PCs, will also hold a keynote at CES 2026 where he’s expected to provide updates on Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3, codenamed Panther Lake, chips.
The processors, which Intel initially revealed in October, are the first to use the company’s highly anticipated 18A chip technology, and are a key part of its broader turnaround effort.
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