Author: Olivier Blanchard

Will Apple’s New Siri AI Deliver on the Promise of Apple Intelligence?
July 7, 2026

Will Apple’s New Siri AI Deliver on the Promise of Apple Intelligence?

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how Siri AI transforms Apple Intelligence from a feature set into a systemwide layer for apps, workflows, and user experiences across...
Amazon’s Sleep Studio Finally Strengthens the Value of Amazon Kids+
July 7, 2026

Amazon’s Sleep Studio Finally Strengthens the Value of Amazon Kids+

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how Amazon Sleep Studio expands Amazon Kids+ with bedtime content, scheduling tools, parental controls, and Echo device integrations for families....
Can ASUS Bring Data-Center-Class AI Infrastructure to the Deskside
July 7, 2026

Can ASUS Bring Data-Center-Class AI Infrastructure to the Deskside?

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how ASUS is bringing data-center-class AI infrastructure to the deskside with the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 and what its local AI...
HP Expands OpenAI Frontier Adoption Across the Enterprise
July 7, 2026

HP Expands OpenAI Frontier Adoption Across the Enterprise

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how HP's OpenAI Frontier partnership moves beyond AI pilots toward a governed enterprise AI operating model spanning customer experiences, software development,...
How NVIDIA is Building a Critical Safety Layer for Physical AI
July 7, 2026

How NVIDIA is Building a Critical Safety Layer for Physical AI

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines NVIDIA Halos for Robotics and whether a unified safety architecture could become a foundational requirement for scaling physical AI in industrial...
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite Ups the Stakes for Spatial AI
July 6, 2026

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite Ups the Stakes for Spatial AI

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices at Futurum, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite positions the chipmaker as a spatial AI leader, enabling on-device processing for mixed reality experiences....
Qualcomm’s Investor Day 2026 Agentic and AI Inference To Drive 2x Revenue Growth by 2030
June 29, 2026

Qualcomm’s Investor Day 2026: Agentic and AI Inference To Drive 2x Revenue Growth by 2030

Olivier Blanchard and Brendan Burke, Research Directors at Futurum, explain the significance of Qualcomm's June 24 Investor Day announcements as the company continues to evolve into a full-stack AI platform...
Qualcomm’s Data Center Reentry at Investor Day 2026 Arrives Just in Time for the Inference Decode Prize
June 29, 2026

Qualcomm’s Data Center Reentry at Investor Day 2026 Arrives Just in Time for the Inference Decode Prize

Brendan Burke and Olivier Blanchard, Research Directors at Futurum, explain why Qualcomm's June 24 Investor Day matters less for its new CPU than for its claim on the decode-heavy inference...
Buyers Are Trading Up 80% More Likely to Buy AI PCs as Traditional PCs Stall at 47%
June 23, 2026

Buyers Are Trading Up: 80% More Likely to Buy AI PCs as Traditional PCs Stall at 47%

Enterprise buyers are trading up: 80% of IT decision makers are more likely to buy AI PCs than six months ago, versus 47% for traditional PCs, with budgets growing 18.8%,...
Agentic Workloads Reshape
June 17, 2026

How will Qualcomm’s AI Bet Solve for NVIDIA’s Data Center Gaps as Agentic Workloads Reshape the Chip Market?

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices at Futurum, on Qualcomm's Investor Day, and whether Qualcomm can challenge NVIDIA's data center dominance....
How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035
June 15, 2026

How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035

Olivier Blanchard and Brendan Burke, Research Directors at Futurum, share their insights on how high-performance small-form-factor desktop AI PCs such as the DGX Spark and Mac Mini could form the...
How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035
June 12, 2026

How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035

Olivier Blanchard and Brendan Burke, Research Directors at Futurum, share their insights on how high-performance small-form-factor desktop AI PCs such as the DGX Spark and Mac Mini could form the...

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