TechnoVision: Top 5 tech trends to watch in 2025

Capgemini unveiled its ‘TechnoVision Top 5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2025,’ highlighting AI and generative AI (Gen AI). A global survey, to be published at CES 2025, indicates significant impacts on other technologies reaching maturity or breakthroughs next year.

Last year, Capgemini predicted the rise of smaller Gen AI models, AI agents, and the significance of post-quantum cryptography. These trends materialised, with semiconductors also taking centre stage in 2024 due to AI’s rapid growth. “In 2025, AI and Gen AI will transform priorities across domains like robotics, supply chains, and energy,” says Pascal Brier, chief innovation officer at Capgemini.

Top 5 technologies to watch in 2025

1. Generative AI: From copilots to superagents

AI is advancing from task-based tools to interconnected agents capable of autonomous, evidence-based decisions. A Capgemini survey reveals 32% of executives rank AI agents as the top 2025 trend in data and AI. This evolution will enable ecosystems that revolutionise industries like healthcare and supply chains.

2. Cybersecurity: New threats, smarter defences

AI amplifies both cyberattacks and defenses. With 97% of organisations facing Gen AI-related breaches in 2024, investments in AI-driven threat detection and post-quantum cryptography are rising. These innovations will bolster trust in increasingly autonomous systems.

3. AI-driven robotics

AI is reshaping robotics, with adaptive systems like cobots gaining prominence. By 2025, advances in natural language processing and machine vision will enable robots to tackle complex roles in manufacturing, logistics and agriculture.

4. Nuclear energy and AI’s energy demands

AI’s energy needs are driving nuclear innovation, from small modular reactors to nuclear fusion. While renewables remain vital, nuclear energy offers a scalable solution to power AI technologies sustainably.

5. AI-powered supply chains

Technologies like blockchain, IOT and satellite networks are making supply chains smarter and greener. With EU regulations demanding transparency, businesses must adopt sustainable, agile practices to stay competitive.

Beyond 2025

• Engineering biology could revolutionise drug development and materials manufacturing by 2030.

• Quantum computing is approaching scaled adoption, with experiments already underway in 2025.

• Artificial general intelligence may reshape human-AI dynamics, but its true potential remains debated.

These technologies will redefine industries, creating opportunities for efficiency, innovation and resilience.