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The 2026 restructuring wave is hitting middle management, not just entry-level roles. The reason is structural: coordination work is repetitive, rule-governed, and embedded in software systems, making it a natural target for agentic AI.
Enterprises spent $684 billion on AI in 2025, and $547 billion produced no measurable result. The money is going to the wrong places — idle compute, tool sprawl, consulting markup — while actual return drivers get starved.
The semiconductor supply chain is not a policy debate — it is a physical constraint. Advanced packaging, equipment tooling, and rare earth processing cannot be duplicated instantaneously. The irreversible timeline for strategic decoupling is approximately 2028-2032.