Tech Roadmap: Enablers Of Industrial AI Applications (2025)
15 Apr, 2025
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Executive Summary
This Tech Roadmap report clarifies the business value, pace of innovation and maturity of 18 critical technologies that empower the development and deployment of AI in industrial settings. Verdantix conducted a fact-based assessment of the maturity, innovation, future prospects and business value of each solution, and provides investment advice for buyers. Managers responsible for selecting technologies for their operations should use this report to identify technologies that enhance industrial AI applications. The technologies identified range from those in Research and Development, such as quantum computing, to Growth stage technologies, such as edge computing and predictive analytics. Technology buyers can use the Tech Roadmap methodology to identify new technologies for pilot projects and to assess vendor product roadmaps. Risk-averse firms should focus on the potential of technologies with proven business value that are in the Growth or Maturity phases of the technology life cycle. Innovators and early adopters should take note of Launch phase technologies.
Introducing the Tech Roadmap analysis
Key questions answered by the Tech Roadmap analysis
Tech roadmap analysis aligns with operational optimization and automation
Tech Roadmap for enablers of industrial AI applications
Defining the market for enablers of industrial AI applications
Methodology overview
Identifying the five market phases of technology maturity
Three technology life cycles differentiate business value
Technology adoption and success influence positioning
Pace of innovation determines the time to the next lifecycle phase
Enablers of industrial AI applications in Phase 1: Research and Development
Quantum computing
Speech-to-speech AI
Enablers of industrial AI applications in Phase 2: Launch
AI agents
Explainable AI
GenAI copilots
Knowledge graphs
Multimodal AI
Synthetic data from generative models
Synthetic data from simulation environments
Enablers of industrial AI applications in Phase 3: Growth
Anomaly detection
Autonomous robotics
Computer vision
Edge computing
Hyperscale cloud platforms
Industrial DataOps
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms
Predictive analytics
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Key questions answered by the Tech Roadmap analysis
Tech roadmap analysis aligns with operational optimization and automation
Tech Roadmap for enablers of industrial AI applications
Defining the market for enablers of industrial AI applications
Methodology overview
Identifying the five market phases of technology maturity
Three technology life cycles differentiate business value
Technology adoption and success influence positioning
Pace of innovation determines the time to the next lifecycle phase
Enablers of industrial AI applications in Phase 1: Research and Development
Quantum computing
Speech-to-speech AI
Enablers of industrial AI applications in Phase 2: Launch
AI agents
Explainable AI
GenAI copilots
Knowledge graphs
Multimodal AI
Synthetic data from generative models
Synthetic data from simulation environments
Enablers of industrial AI applications in Phase 3: Growth
Anomaly detection
Autonomous robotics
Computer vision
Edge computing
Hyperscale cloud platforms
Industrial DataOps
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms
Predictive analytics
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Figure 1. Enablers of industrial AI applications: Tech Roadmap technology solution groupings
Figure 2. Tech Roadmap for enablers of industrial AI applications
Figure 2. Tech Roadmap for enablers of industrial AI applications
ABB, Accenture, AI21 Labs, Akira, Alibaba Cloud, Amazon, Amazon Robotics, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Anthropic, ANYbotics, AnyLogic, AspenTech, Augmentir, Augury, Avathon, AVEVA, Baker Hughes, Bentley Systems, Birds.ai, Bitfrost, BlueSkye Automation, Blynk, Boston Dynamics, Bridger Photonics, C3 AI, Capgemini, CARLA, Chetu, Cisco, CleanConnect.ai, ClearBlade, Cognex, Cognite, Cybus, Datadog, Datagen, DataKitchen, dataPARC, DataRobot, Deepgram, DeepSeek, Dell, Devo, Doosan Robotics, Duke Energy, D-Wave Systems, EdgeConneX, ElevenLabs, Falkonry, FANUC, Fero Labs, Fetch Robotics, Fiddler AI, Figure, Fogwing, Gazebo, GE Vernova, GFT Technologies, GlobalFoundries, Google, Google DeepMind, Gretel AI, H2O.ai, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Hexagon, HighByte, Hitachi Energy, Hitachi Vantara, Honeywell, Huawei, Hugging Face, IBM, IFS, Inductive Automation, Intellico, IntelliView Technologies, Intenseye, IonQ, juna.ai, KPMG, KUKA, Kuva Systems, LandingAI, LangChain, Levatas, Litmus Automation, LlamaIndex, MachineMetrics, Marathon Oil, MathWorks, MetAI, Microsoft, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), Neo4j, nFlux, Noema, NVIDIA, Oden Technologies, OpenAI, Oracle, Overview, Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), Palantir, Particle, Peak, Plataine, Pragma, Praxis AI, Protex AI, PTC, QiO Technologies, Quantum Flagship, RapidMiner, Relimetrics, Retrocasual, Rhize, Salesforce, SAP, Scale AI, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Sight Machine, Smartia, Snowflake, SUS Corporation, SymphonyAI, Synthesis AI, Talend, Tonic AI, Trendminer, T-robotics, TTTech Industrial, UiPath, Unstructured, Uptime AI, Vanti, Y Combinator, Yokogawa, Zebra Technologies
About the Authors
Henry Kirkman
Industry Analyst
Henry is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix. His current research agenda focuses on quality management, field service management and industrial applications of AI, including Gen…
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Robin Sureda-Tasis
Analyst
Robin is an Analyst at Verdantix with a focus on frontier technologies, such as AI analytics, extended reality and industrial data management. He delivers actionable insi…
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Malavika Tohani
Research Director
Malavika is a Research Director at Verdantix, guiding research that explores how digital technologies and services are reshaping industrial operations to become safer, more ef…
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