Innovation Experts Forecast Top Tech Trends for 2025
Futurist Amy Webb and industry leaders Deloitte and McKinsey predict that 2025 will be a landmark year for technology, with breakthroughs in AI, quantum computing, and cybersecurity set to reshape business and innovation.
Published on April 8, 2025
Technology leaders are gearing up for a transformative 2025, with experts predicting significant advances in artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and cybersecurity. Futurist Amy Webb, along with insights from Deloitte and McKinsey, foresee AI not only as a pervasive innovation driver but also as a force reshaping business structures. Webb highlighted at SXSW 2025 (March 10, 2025) how the convergence of AI with advanced sensors and biotechnology could lead to a new era of programmable matter and even living intelligence.
Deloitte’s recent reports—one published on December 11, 2024 and another podcast episode on March 15, 2025—underscore a strategic pivot in enterprise IT towards spatial computing, agentic AI, and enhanced hardware integration. McKinsey adds that adopting a data-driven approach and embedding robust cybersecurity measures remains crucial for organizations in this rapidly evolving tech landscape.