Chelsea Larson-Andrews

Chelsea Larson-AndrewsSep 10, 2026

I will never walk past a robot dog without stopping to watch. 😂 This little guy was part of an Ericsson subway maintenance and repair demo, and beyond being pretty fun to watch, it was an interesting look at how AI and robotics are being tested in the physical world. There are plenty of potential use cases to explore, from inspecting infrastructure and identifying possible problems to navigating environments that may be difficult or dangerous for people and feeding information back to teams in real time. We talk a lot about AI as software, but it’s fascinating to see how it may increasingly interact with the physical world around us.

Chelsea Larson-AndrewsSep 1, 2026

Imagine a warehouse where the network itself can help track every pallet, monitor the movement of forklifts and autonomous robots, identify congestion, and feed that real-time spatial data directly into AI. No separate camera system for every task. No battery-powered tracker on every asset. That’s one vision of what 6G could make possible. The ITU’s IMT-2030 framework for 6G includes Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), which could allow future networks to do more than transmit information. The network itself could become capable of sensing aspects of the physical world around it. Pair that with Ambient IoT, edge computing and AI, and some fascinating possibilities emerge: ➡️ A hospital where connectivity infrastructure also helps locate critical equipment. ➡️ Factories where robots rely on intelligence distributed across the network rather than carrying every sensor and processor onboard. ➡️ Supply chains where ultra-low-cost, battery-free tags make it possible to track assets at a scale that would be difficult today. It starts to look less like a communications network and more like a planetary nervous system. Of course, there are still major technical hurdles to solve, along with important questions around security, privacy, data governance and resilience. In my latest "Enterprise Tech Decoded" article, I look at what 6G could actually mean for businesses, how technologies like ISAC and Ambient IoT fit into the picture, and five strategic questions technology leaders should be asking now. I’m curious. Which 6G use case feels most transformative to you: intelligent factories, autonomous systems, healthcare, supply chains, or something else entirely? For additional insight on the evolution of 6G, I also recommend checking out the recent Ericsson white paper: 6G – Connectivity and Beyond for the 2030s: https://lnkd.in/gtAGMdUU CC Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions

Chelsea Larson-AndrewsAug 27, 2026

How much has enterprise tech infrastructure changed in the last 10 years? A lot. This photo takes me back to Red Hat Summit in 2016, one of the first times I hosted a dedicated thought leadership campaign on an expo floor. Back then, "B2B influencer marketing" wasn’t really a thing yet. A lot of people called it “guerrilla marketing” 😂 The big conversations that year were around Linux containers, how Kubernetes would mature for enterprise workloads, and how companies could make hybrid cloud actually work at scale. Fast forward to 2026, and so much of what felt cutting-edge then is now just part of the enterprise tech stack. What’s interesting to me is how the conversation has evolved. 🔹 From Containers to Context: In 2016, we were talking about packaging applications, portability and orchestration. Today, one of the biggest challenges is making sure AI systems have access to clean, reliable enterprise data, with the right security, governance and context around it. 🔹 From Automation to Autonomy: Ten years ago, automation was mostly about reducing repetitive tasks and making infrastructure easier to manage. Today, we’re talking about agentic systems that can interpret what’s happening, reason across systems and take action with far less human intervention. 🔹 Foundations Still Matter: We’ve spent years chasing the next big thing: cloud, AI, agents, automation. But the lesson that keeps coming back is pretty simple. None of it works well if the infrastructure underneath isn’t solid. That’s probably the biggest thing I’ve learned from watching enterprise tech evolve over the last decade. The tools change. The buzzwords definitely change. But getting the foundation right never goes out of style 😎 For those of you who were building in 2016 too, what feels like the biggest change to you?