# VMware Explore 2026: Broadcom Doubles Down on Private Cloud Economics and Agentic AI

DevFeed: [VMware Explore 2026: Broadcom Doubles Down on Private Cloud Economics and Agentic AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vmware-explore-2026-broadcom-doubles-down-on-private-cloud-economics-and-agentic-ai-12381.md>)

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Author: Tom Fenton

Published: 2026-09-05T17:10:28Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [StorageReview.com](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/storagereview-com.md>)

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

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## AI overview

This StorageReview news article covers VMware Explore 2026 and Broadcom's focus on private cloud economics and agentic AI. It discusses infrastructure cost pressures, workload repatriation, decoupled compute, storage and networking layers, the VCF AI Assistant, configuration-drift detection, and ESXi live patching without virtual-machine downtime.

## Source excerpt

VMware Explore kicked off Monday morning, though the schedule felt unusual compared to past VMworld Explore events, as Broadcom moved the traditional opening keynote to the afternoon. That was not necessarily a bad thing, as it gave us time to catch a few breakout sessions and catch up with vendors on the show floor. In The post VMware Explore 2026: Broadcom Doubles Down on Private Cloud Economics and Agentic AI appeared first on StorageReview.com.