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Tech trends worth following
- Each year, Capgemini picks its top five tech trends for the year to come, plus a selection that are on the horizon. By identifying the trends shaping our world in 2025 and beyond, we prepare clients for what’s coming next, helping them adapt swiftly for a future of breakneck technological disruption. Our 2025 predictions highlight AI’s profound impact on other technological advancements, driving considerable opportunities across all sectors.
Beyond 2025: Shaping the future
Looking beyond 2025, four further transformative trends are set to redefine multiple sectors over the next five years.
Engineering biology: Biosolutions to today’s most pressing challenges
While the potential of engineering biology and its ability to transform manufacturing, develop drugs, and produce materials with novel properties has been widely discussed over the past years, these technologies are yet to reach their scaling phase. However, according to our Top Tech Tends 2025 report, more and more executives believe some of these technologies will reach maturity by 2030. In the coming years, we anticipate innovations such as personalized mRNA vaccines and Gen AI for protein design.
Quantum computing: On the verge of the quantum leap
Quantum computers promise to solve problems far exceeding the capabilities of even the most advanced classical computers. Applications span from encryption to drug discovery and climate modeling. While still in its nascent stages, quantum computing is approaching a tip-ping point, where its potential will transform multiple industries.
Artificial general intelligence: I think, therefore AI am?
AI reasoning capabilities have made spectacular progress over the past five years, and some predict an era of artificial general intelligence (AGI). As such, 60% of top executives and 60% of venture capital professionals surveyed in our Top Tech Trends 2025 report believe this technology will reach maturity and become commercially viable by 2030. Will AI be able to mimic human intelligence to the point of making mankind irrelevant? This topic leads to exaggerated predictions, and some now question whether the intelligence potential of the technology is really unlimited.
Climate tech: Solutions for a sustainable future
While still emerging, climate tech is anticipated to become a dominant force in addressing the climate crisis. The development and deployment of solutions that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to climate change, and transition to a sustainable world will increasingly drive significant investments and innovation.