With some incredible innovations showcased at the CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the new year has no doubt come roaring. Advancements in autonomous mobility, robotics, and personal AI supercomputers, are precursors of serious transformative impacts for most sectors out there.
With these in mind, and hundreds of other developments in society, we've put together our first annual list of predictions for the new year. These 25 predictions blend a range of sectors, technologies, and topics – and are meant to be bold, not certain. From autonomous mobility taking off, the rise of AI music artists, and Large Quantitative Models (LQMs), to AI research agents, simulation of the future, and increased protectionism – 2025 will likely be an historically eventful year..
Below you'll find a carousel of all the predictions (and list further down), that we'll dig deeper into during the coming weeks. Do not hesitate to reach out (christopher@sircular.io) if you wish to discuss in further detail.
In summary, these predictions paint a picture of a year that could move AI from a future potential, to a tangible reality. For example, there's been major investments into autonomous mobility over the past 10 years, but tangible effect on the mobility market has not yet materialized. In 2025 however, the first tangible effects could be felt in certain regions of the world. Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox, will likely end the year with substantial presence in the market place.
Furthermore and along this strain of thought (from potential to tangible impacts), we'll see general-purpose robots in factories start generating real revenue, we'll see robots (but much cheaper and smaller) for households taking off, that are able to vacuum, clean, air-purify, and more.
And then we have Nvidia's upcoming personal supercomputer, one-person software companies, LQMs (Large Quantitative Models) adding equations to the mix, startups that simulate the future, AI research agents, AI-generated music and movies, raised protectionism and yet another record in global emissions. Among other predictions.
It's gonna be a wild year!
Full list of predictions:
1) Autonomous mobility proliferates; Waymo at 500k weekly trips
2) One-person companies take off with no-code tools
3) Rise of AI music artists; enter Billboard top-100
4) General-purpose humanoid robots initiates deliveries
5) AI-agents go enterprise grade; yields macro-economic impact
6) Personal AI-supercomputers enable local AI-development
7) LQMs (Large Quantitative Models) combines with LLMs
8) Protectionism increases; US tariffs & likely Paris Agreement exit
9) Legacy automotive value chain feel the burn
10) Verification of the truth, via blockchain
11) AI research agents start market disruption
12) General-purpose household robots go to work
13) Startups simulating the future
14) Personal avatars go mainstream
15) First AI-movie released
16) Service-as-a-Software (SaaS 2.0)
17) AI virus starts digital pandemic
18) AI doctors aid human doctors
19) Autonomous software companies emerge
20) First AI live-streaming TV & radio channels
21) EV batteries continue cost declines
22) New record in global emissions
23) New manufacturing tech stack starts forming
24) AI merges with blockchain tokens
25) First autonomous stores arrive
All the best and until next time,
Christopher Lyrhem
Chief Future Officer at Sircular
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