At SXSW 2026, AI wasn’t just a theme - it was the air.
In our latest podcast episode and companion article, we unpack the panels, people, and ideas that left us inspired, unsettled, and asking much bigger questions about work, creativity, infrastructure, and the future we’re building in real time.

For years, medicine treated the skin, brain, and gut as separate systems. But emerging research and new tools like causal AI are painting a different picture: the body works as one interconnected ecosystem, and that shift could transform the future of health and beauty.