<p>Every year, MIT Technology Review publishes its list of the 10 most important emerging technologies — and every year, Simon Erickson breaks it down through an investor&#39;s lens. In this episode, Simon and Heather review MIT&#39;s breakthrough technology lists from 2023, 2024, and 2025 to see what&#39;s already become reality, then preview the 2026 list live from the MIT Tech Review website. </p><p><br></p><p>From weight loss drugs and AI-powered search to small language models, next-gen nuclear, and generative coding — which technologies are actually investable right now, and which are still 3–5 years out? Simon walks through the MIT framework alongside the Gartner Hype Cycle and Boston Consulting Group&#39;s value creation index to help investors separate the signal from the noise.Whether you&#39;re tracking AI companions, sodium-ion batteries, robotaxis, CRISPR gene editing, or hyperscale data centers, this episode gives you the big-picture context to start positioning early in the technologies shaping our future. 🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeSome of Heather&#39;s favorite episodes: •AI&#39;s &quot;Seeing Eyes&quot; Made By Ouster with Emmet Savage - https://youtube.com/live/yYpByizVWc0• AI Agents: The Truth About What They Can (And Can&#39;t) Do | UiPath Deep Dive - https://youtu.be/e3jaqe-MLBw• From Fiber Optic Bust to AI Boom: The $700B Optics Opportunity - https://youtu.be/UpmPt5iUodsStocks Mentioned:Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE)Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)Alphabet / Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)Anthropic (private)Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO)Hims &amp; Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS)Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO)OpenAI (private)Salesforce (NYSE:CRM)Uber (NYSE:UBER)⚠️ Not financial advice. Do your own research. #BreakthroughTechnologies #MITTechReview #InvestingIn2026 #AIInvesting #EmergingTech #StockMarket #GrowthStocks #AIStocks #SmallLanguageModels #GenerativeAI #NextGenNuclear #WeightLossDrugs #Robotaxi #GeneEditing #7investing #Simonerickson</p>