America faces major challenges in the coming decades: modernizing government, powering our energy future, reindustrializing America, and defending the homeland. In response, a rising wave of startup founders, venture capitalists, and government leaders are working together to build and support technology that strengthens America’s resilience, competitiveness, and capacity to govern. We call this ecosystem American Technology, or AmTech for short.
Over the past month, Commonweal Ventures went directly to the people building this ecosystem, surveying leading venture capitalists, unicorn founders, and senior government officials.
Today, we are publishing the result of that survey—The 2026 American Technology Outlook: Intelligence from the Leaders Charting America's Technological Future.
This report aggregates intelligence from VCs, founders, and government leaders to forecast the sectors, policy battles, and risks that will define AmTech in 2026. We analyze where these leaders see the ecosystem surging, and where they believe the market is getting it wrong.
As government takes a more active role in technology markets, understanding the interplay between the public and private sectors is no longer optional. Whether you are allocating capital, building a company, or crafting policy, this report offers a roadmap for the complexities of the year ahead. We invite you to explore the full findings.
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