The Outcome team is heading to San Diego next week for Realcomm 2026, and we are walking in with the same question the industry has been circling for the last year. What does the next layer of real estate technology actually look like, and who is going to build it?

That conversation has been building for a while. Boards are asking it, CIOs are asking it, and the pressure to deliver without additional cost has never been higher. The firms that have shipped their first cross-functional AI deployment are already past it and asking the next one. Realcomm has historically been the room where these arguments get sharpened before they spread, and the agenda this year reflects that. The sessions on AI are no longer about whether to use it, they are about how to deploy it across an organization, where it sits relative to the system of record, and what it means for the stack of software firms have been buying for the last twenty years. 

We are also looking forward to the RealTalk session on Tuesday, June 2 from 2:45 to 4:30 pm, where the conversation gets candid about unlocking leadership, unlocking AI, and unlocking the mindset shifts the industry needs right now. The kind of conversation that does not always make it onto the main agenda, but probably should.

Outcome’s Co-Founder and CEO Prasan Kale is moderating one of the AI sessions on Wednesday, June 3 at 10:45 am. Will AI Replace Your Legacy Systems? The Rise of the Enterprise Operating Layer brings together Justin Segal from Boxer Property, Kristine Stoner from BGO, Carla Hinson from MRI Software, and Sunder Pappu from Northern Trust to talk about what is actually forming above the system of record, what it means for the categories of software real estate has historically relied on, and where firms should be focused now. If you are thinking about how AI deployments scale beyond a single team, or what the architecture of the next five years looks like, this is the panel to put on your schedule.

If you want to see what the action layer looks like in practice, including the work shaped by each customer’s data, workflows, and operating logic, find us at our booth #525. It is one of the conversations we are most looking forward to having. If you want to connect at Realcomm and learn more, you can schedule a meeting in advance . The wave is here. The firms that paddle out now are the ones who will be standing when it crests. See you in San Diego.