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We asked our team which topics and trends will dominate technical information communication in 2026. The focus areas vary, but everyone agreed on the core topic:

2026 will not be the year in which AI can do everything on its own, but the year in which AI becomes more powerful through structured knowledge. Knowledge graphs will thus evolve from a nice-to-have to a prerequisite for the successful use of artificial intelligence in industry.

1 From GenAI to knowledge-centered systems 

“It’s not the size of the language models that will be decisive in 2026, but the quality of the underlying information,” summarizes our colleague Johann Wagner, Knowledge Engineer. “Knowledge graphs will become the key to dynamically mapping context, verifying answers, and transforming AI from a cool text generator into a reliable assistant.”

2 Ontologies! Now it’s going to get a little uncomfortable.

“One of those words that everyone has been pretending to urgently check their emails for,” jokes Max Gärber, Principal Technical Consultant. “2026 will be the year when you’re likely to hear the word ‘ontology’ quite often. Simply because RAG, AI agents, and AI applications cannot function reliably without clear terms, relationships, and meanings.”

3 Graph-based context modeling makes the difference 

„I believe Context engineering will be the true differentiator in AI“, ist sich Ibrahim Soliman, Head of Development, sicher. „As prompt engineering reaches its limits, value will shift to how companies engineer context—combining trusted data, embeddings, knowledge structures, and rules into controlled, dynamic information pipelines. In 2026, the winners will be those who turn context into infrastructure, enabling AI that is reliable, scalable, and business-ready.“ 

4 Knowledge management is becoming indispensable 

“Companies that only collect their knowledge in people’s heads, documents, and unconnected systems are wasting a lot of potential, and this will become obvious in 2026,” says Maraike Heim, Head of Marketing. “Knowledge management software and knowledge platforms such as PANTOPIX SPHERE are becoming the linchpin. They connect data, content, and expertise in one place, make information accessible at any time, and ensure that AI and teams are not left in the dark.”

5 Structured information becomes mandatory 

“With the introduction of the digital product passport for certain product groups, the trend is clearly moving toward structured, modular, and semantically linked content.” Our colleague Sofia Darie, Consultant Technical Communication, is certain that questions such as “How is information delivered?”, “Where does the data come from?” and “How is consistency and traceability ensured?” will become even more important in 2026.

Our conclusion 

2026 will be the year in which the combination of knowledge graphs and AI becomes a game changer. And that is precisely where there will be room for platforms and solutions that consistently combine information, structure, graphs, and AI.