Riding the AI Wave: Experts Bet Big on Tech’s Future Star
A world humming with cutting-edge tech—Internet of Things weaving everything together, Blockchain locking it down, 5G turbocharging the speed.
But in this high-stakes showdown of innovation, one titan keeps stealing the spotlight: Artificial Intelligence.
We threw down the gauntlet to a crew of tech wizards—visionaries, execs, and die-hard enthusiasts—demanding they pick the one technology that’ll rule 2025 and back it up with cold, hard reasons.
The verdict? AI, hands down.
But why? What’s got these sharp minds betting big on artificial intelligence over the rest of the pack?
Buckle up as we dive into the electrifying answers straight from the tech elite—unpacking the AI-fueled shake-ups they see barreling our way in the year ahead.
Read on!
Duane Chetcuti
AI disrupted the market in 2024, but in 2025, it won’t just be a cool tool, it will be the norm.
As Google, Microsoft, and other big players continue integrating AI into their products, many AI-powered SaaS products will get crushed. The ones that survive will be those that go beyond simply wrapping AI around existing ideas.
Generative AI is getting smarter, and we’re going to see a big shift in advertising, with AI creating ads that actually convert. And it won’t stop there! AI will evolve from the chatbots that we know, into smart agents handling customer support, sales, and even business strategy.
Businesses that integrate AI into their workflows will move faster and make smarter decisions. However, as customers start craving the human connection again, the real winners will be those businesses that stay human while using AI to enhance their work.
Duane Chetcuti
Founder, Solveita
Chris Roy
The year 2025 is when we expect the AI industry to have its greatest impact, especially with regards to how it is deployed in day-to-day decision making.
Instead of just automating processes, AI will be able to predict through analytics for people and businesses, such as utilizing energy in smart houses.
The greatest impact will occur when AI personal assistants begin to network and collaborate; discreetly merging their management of our calendars and finances, resulting in a level of efficiency that is baffling and unprecedented.
Chris Roy
Product and Marketing Director, Reclaim247
Mark Gilham
I believe AI will have the most impact in 2025 as it transforms business operations, shifting from reactive, manual processes to proactive, automated systems that drive growth and efficiency.
One of AI’s biggest advantages is real-time and predictive analytics, optimizing decision-making. It automates time-consuming tasks, allowing professionals like myself to focus on strategy.
AI is advancing rapidly, but organizations need time to adapt. The most agile will benefit the most.
It sets a new benchmark with unparalleled capabilities, and now we are entering a more professional era.
Those who fail to embrace it will struggle, while adopters will thrive. I’m excited to see AI’s continued evolution.
Mark Gilham
Strategic Leader, Enable
Tiffany Gregory
I believe AI will be the most impactful technology in 2025. It is already taking over the internet and gets more advanced every day.
Its ability to find information in real time, help automate tasks, and even create realistic images has completely shifted the way the internet works.
I believe it will have the biggest impact this year since there should be a new evolution of AI agents that can handle complex tasks instead of simply answering questions.
This shift will change the job market and lead towards a more automated future where machines actively participate in decision-making and innovation.
Tiffany Gregory
Co-founder, Layermatic
Adhiran Thirmal
AI is advancing at an incredible pace, revolutionizing industries with generative models, automation, and real-time cybersecurity threat detection.
Businesses are leveraging AI to identify and prevent cyber threats, while the finance sector is using it to enhance fraud detection and risk assessment. In healthcare, AI is driving breakthroughs in predictive diagnostics and drug discovery.
Beyond that, AI-powered automation is reshaping the workforce, boosting efficiency in manufacturing, logistics, and customer service.
When combined with IoT and 5G, AI enables smarter, more adaptive systems. However, its rapid growth also brings cybersecurity and ethical challenges, making strong governance essential.
Without a doubt, AI will be the driving force behind digital transformation in 2025.
Adhiran Thirmal
Sr Solutions Engineer, Security Compass
Graham Glass
2025’s most discussed and debated technology is also the year’s most important: AI.
Its expanding capabilities, particularly the rollout of semi-autonomous intelligent agents, are prompting across-the-board reappraisals of the liaisons we frame between people and labor.
What tasks will we cede to AI agents and co-pilots? How do we reposition people in work equations, so they delegate mundane tasks, but keep control?
Answer such questions wisely, and we’ll have more productive workers at the helm of higher-quality customer service, workplace training, and internal and external communications.
But effective mass adoption hinges on quality AI implementation and training, plus no small amount of myth-busting.
At the recent global AI Action Summit in Paris, I was happy to see optimism dispel paranoia: the new buzzword was ‘Don’t miss out.’ Good – and even better when we move thoughtfully as well as quickly.
Graham Glass
CEO of CYPHER Learning
Alan Gates
AI (and Agentic AI) will dominate in 2025.
Companies that harness AI-driven business intelligence via foresight and horizon-scanning, will out-manoeuvre competitors by anticipating shifts before they happen. Individuals, SMEs, corporates and government agencies are already starting to use strategic foresight systems.
Traditional analytics rely on historical data, but AI-powered decision intelligence spots emerging patterns in near real-time, helping businesses pivot and adapt instantly.
From corporate strategy to risk assessment, AI will redefine how people make critical choices. The speed, accuracy and depth of insights will far surpass what humans alone can achieve, and those resisting this
shift risk falling behind.
Businesses that embrace AI’s predictive power will dictate the future, rather than react to it.”
Alan Gates
Marketing Director, PreEmpt
Manuj Aggarwal
In 2025, the main technology to watch will be AI agents.
AI agents will change how businesses operate, make decisions, and evolve. Think of them as fully autonomous digital workers. They can run any task or workflow autonomously.
Eventually these agents will be able to run entire departments or even organizations. They will be used for various tasks like analyzing data, predicting trends, and executing tasks in real-time.
They won’t replace humans but augment our capabilities.
These agents will start integrating with 5G, IoT, and blockchain to build a hyper-connected world.
This will impact the world in ways we cannot even imagine.
We will get faster operations, smarter automation, and industries transformed at an unprecedented scale. Robotics may follow, but AI will lead.
Manuj Aggarwal
Founder/CIO at TetraNoodle Technologies
Brendan Aw
From a consumer’s perspective and not from someone in the business of either, I’m betting AI will have the biggest impact on the masses in 2025.
We have observed the insane speed of advancement in the market for this technology in just a few short years. It’s also not heavily monopolized by a few companies, but many have emerged almost on a monthly basis. Think Open AI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, etc.
Finally, it’s the most readily adopted and assimilated technology where the average person can observe an immediate improvement in their daily lives.
Brendan Aw
Founder, BrendanAw.com
Alexis McCray
I think AI technology will have the most impact in 2025.
AI technology isn’t exactly new but it has evolved tremendously. AI evolved so quickly many were scared, created conspiracy theories (remember Y2K?), and felt we were in over our heads.
AI has changed my life in a small amount of time, the biggest impacts being in business, followed by health care.
There are so many ways AI can be incorporated and we’re being helped by these systems being automatically installed on our devices.
People seem to be continuing to open up to AI and more are getting comfortable using it while exploring how much more efficient we could be.
Alexis McCray, Ed. S, LPC
Founder & CEO, Elevated Horizons Mental Health, PLLC
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