At the Hubbis Independent Wealth Management Forum – Dubai 2026, Spiros Margaris, Founder of Margaris Ventures, and Maurizio Porfiri, Chief Investment Officer of Maverix Securities, argued that artificial intelligence is no longer a thematic allocation – it is becoming the operating system of modern economies. Their central message was blunt: advisers and investors can debate timing, valuation and volatility, but they cannot treat AI as an optional trend. The opportunity, they suggested, now sits across a layered value chain – from the infrastructure powering models, to agentic applications reshaping commerce, to automation and robotics pushing productivity into the physical economy.
Key Takeaways
- AI is a structural paradigm shift, not a market cycle: Margaris and Porfiri positioned AI as a durable…
