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January 7, 2026

8 workplace predictions for 2026: AI agents become mainstream, new roles emerge and the GTM engineer job dies quietly

European operators predict how the workplace will change in 2026


Olivia Elf, Sana's vice president of operations

If the workplace of 2025 can be defined by anything, it’s the explosion of AI. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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