Publication
AI, quantum and beyond: implications for business
April 2026
Tapestry Networks recently convened a group of board directors, executives, and other senior leaders from global companies for a series of discussions entitled AI, Quantum and Beyond to explore how disruptive technologies are reshaping business strategy, risk, and governance. The discussions featured perspectives from leading technologists, corporate practitioners, and board members. These discussions demonstrated that senior business leaders are still wrestling with how to scale, govern, and extract real value from AI. Directors are in what one participant called the “show me the money” phase, in search of real, measurable outcomes from AI investments. The discussions revealed a shared sense of “excitement tinged with fear” as leaders push for ambitious use cases while confronting data problems, cultural inertia, and probabilistic systems that regulators and auditors do not yet fully trust. Quantum sits just over the horizon—less immediate than AI, but already informing board conversations about cyber risk, discovery, and future talent.