EdTechX 2026: The Escape Room for Agentic Chaos?

By Charles McIntyre, CEO at IBIS Capital

On 16 June, County Hall will again host EdTech’s annual crystal ball gazing exercise, as EdTechX 2026 turns London’s South Bank into a one day lab for the future of learning. Last year’s opening keynote mapped possible exits from the labyrinth of AI “chaos”; this year, it is hard to resist asking how those predictions are playing out in the real world.

China’s OpenClaw is what that chaos looks like in the wild. Some will remember our forecasts about AI personal agents; OpenClaw is the fast forward button on that slide. In a matter of months, this Chinese open source agent framework has gone from curiosity to craze, letting users run powerful personal agents directly on their own machines. These agents read and reply to messages, book travel, juggle calendars and automate browser based tasks, stitching together multiple AI models behind the scenes - essentially, a home rolled digital twin with attitude.

Read the April's 2026 report here.