Tech Trends Report

2026

Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm. We believe that at the root of every iconic company is one thing: extraordinary people. As extraordinary people build companies, they build on top of foundational trends that are shaping the world around us. But just as important as the fundamental forces driving technology are the second-order effects of those trends.

Each year, our Tech Trends Report isolates the most important currents within technology and the way social behavior forms around them. This report is meant to both isolate the foundational concepts and hint at the progressing second order effects they could cause. Because that’s where opportunity lies.

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Computational Intelligence

Resources

Industrialization

Medicine & Healthcare

Digital Interfaces & Experience

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Kyle Harrisson

General Partner

Kyle Harrison is a General Partner at Contrary, investing in companies like Ramp, Anduril, and Zepto from seed to scale, and the Founder of Contrary Research, which has covered 400+ companies and dozens of industries.

Sachin Maini

Editor

Sachin Maini is the editor of Contrary Research. Previously, he led content at NFX and has spent his career in startups and venture content.

Claire Burch

Research Associate

Claire is a Research Associate at Contrary. Claire's academic research has centered primarily on particle physics, and has been published in Nature. Prior to Contrary, Claire worked on the investment team at Bridgewater Associates and studied mathematics and physics.

Arav Nangia

Research Fellow Alumni

Arav Nangia is a former research fellow at Contrary Research and a senior at the University of Pennsylvania studying biochemistry. He has worked in the digital therapeutics space, where he developed an interest in the intersection of biology and technology.

Special thanks to Maxx Yung, Michael Kim, Sawsan Haider, Etienne Segal, and other research contributors to the Tech Trends Report.