81-page report, 15 trends in five groups. Equity investment (2022, $ billion) and job-postings change (2021–22) are printed per trend and recorded in each trend's note. Adoption score (0-5) is shown only graphically and is not recorded. The 2023-v5 PDF snapshot of 2024-09-14 is truncated (1 MB); the 2025-02-01 snapshot is complete. rank = contents order; forecast entries carry their trend's rank.
With AI capabilities, such as machine learning (ML), computer vision, and natural-language processing (NLP), companies in all industries can use data and derive insights to automate processes, add or augment capabilities, and make better decisions.
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Industrializing machine learning (ML), commonly referred to as ML operations, or MLOps, refers to the engineering practices needed to scale and sustain ML applications in an enterprise.
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Adoption may be slow due to technical challenges, the need for large-scale retraining of developers and test engineers, and other organizational hurdles.
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Digital-trust technologies enable organizations to manage technology and data risks, accelerate innovation, and protect assets.
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Web3 goes beyond the typical understanding of cryptocurrency investments—it more significantly refers to a future model for the internet that decentralizes authority and redistributes it to users
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Advanced-connectivity improvements will enhance user experiences for consumers worldwide and increase productivity in industries such as mobility, healthcare, and manufacturing.
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Immersive-reality technologies use spatial computing to interpret physical space; simulate the addition of data, objects, and people to real-world settings; and enable interactions in virtual worlds
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In the future, enterprises will leverage an infrastructure footprint that involves compute and storage at multiple location points, from on-premises to closer-to-premises (the edge) and from small regional data centers to remote hyperscale data centers.
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Quantum technologies promise to take advantage of the unique properties of quantum mechanics to perform specific types of complex calculations exponentially more efficiently than classical computers
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More than a century after mass production of automobiles began, mobility has arrived at a second great inflection point: a shift toward autonomous driving, connectivity, the electrification of vehicles, and shared-mobility (ACES) technologies.
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Breakthroughs in biology, combined with innovations in digital technology, could help organizations respond to demands in areas as diverse as healthcare, food and agriculture, consumer products, sustainability, and energy and materials production by creating new products and services.
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The most significant development for the space industry in the past five to ten years has been decreasing technology costs, which are making new capabilities and applications more accessible.
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Electrification and renewables help drive toward net-zero commitments and include solar-, wind-, and hydro-powered renewables and other renewables; nuclear energy; hydrogen; sustainable fuels; and electric-vehicle charging.
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Climate technologies include carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); carbon removals; natural climate solutions; circular technologies; alternative proteins and agriculture; water and biodiversity solutions and adaptation; and technologies to track net-zero progress.
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we anticipate significant growth across metrics in 2023.
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Hiring demand in 2023 will likely be significantly higher due to increased interest and investment.
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New VR headsets are also expected throughout 2023, and peripheral devices (for example, haptics and displays) continue to advance
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IDC predicts that 60 percent of enterprises will have implemented MLOps by 2024.
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Several new highly anticipated launch vehicles are expected to debut in 2023 and 2024, including the SpaceX’s superheavy Starship, designed to carry larger loads; the Vulcan Centaur, from United Launch Alliance, which is designed to carry satellites into orbit; and Blue Origin’s New Glenn
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By 2026, Gartner predicts that 80 percent of low- and no-code tool users will sit outside of traditional IT organizations.
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Our research suggests that the emerging metaverse could generate up to $4 trillion to $5 trillion in value across consumer and enterprise use cases by 2030.
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Meanwhile, market size estimates for the micromobility and minimobility industries advanced to $440 billion and $100 billion by 2030, respectively.
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the global automotive software market is also expected to grow rapidly at a 5.5 percent CAGR from 2019 to 2030.
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Present estimates suggest that cultivated meat could provide 0.5 percent of the world’s meat supply by 2030, representing billions of pounds of meat and up to $25 billion in revenue.
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analysis suggests that the space market could exceed $1 trillion by 2030.
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autonomous-driving technologies are projected to create up to $400 billion in revenue by 2035.
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McKinsey research suggests that 400 use cases for bioengineering, almost all of which are scientifically feasible today, could have an economic impact of $2 trillion to $4 trillion per year from 2030 to 2040.
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