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AI Takeover: Qualcomm’s Big Bet on AI Agents, Robots and 6G | Titans and Disruptors

The interview with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon centers on the company’s bold pivot from a smartphone‑centric business to a broader AI‑driven ecosystem that includes agents, robotics, wearables and the forthcoming 6G network. Amon emphasizes that Qualcomm’s chips already power billions of devices, and the firm is leveraging that scale to embed AI at the edge, creating what he calls the next primary device after the phone. Key insights include the belief that 2026 will be the “year of agents,” with large‑language and visual models forming a new natural‑language interface for devices. 6G is portrayed as more than faster bandwidth—it will deliver ultra‑low‑latency uplinks, enabling continuous streaming of sensor data to the cloud, essential for digital twins, holographic collaboration, autonomous vehicles and real‑time AI decision‑making. Amon’s remarks underscore the vision of a world‑wide “radar at scale,” where every moving object is mapped in real time, feeding AI agents with contextual data. He likens the transition from 5G to 6G to the shift from dial‑tone telephony to today’s data‑rich services, suggesting a fundamental redefinition of connectivity as “physical AI.” The implications are profound: personal AI devices—glasses, jewelry, pins—will anticipate user needs, turning devices from reactive tools into proactive partners. Qualcomm’s end‑to‑end stack, spanning chips, networks and data‑center solutions, positions it to dominate the emerging AI‑agent economy and reshape industries from automotive to consumer wearables.