This year’s McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook highlights 13 frontier technologies that matter most for companies in 2025. Not surprisingly, one technology—artificial intelligence—is acting as a foundational amplifier of the other trends, and thoughtful adoption is key. “The time between gen AI capabilities being a competitive advantage and becoming a competitive necessity is dramatically shorter than it was in earlier technological transitions,” write McKinsey’s Bob Sternfels and Yuval Atsmon. “Organizations that master the art of fast adoption will determine the new rules of their industries.”
Which industries are adopting AI and how? Explore our latest insights across McKinsey practices and capabilities, including Consumer Packaged Goods, Operations, Business Building, and Life Sciences.
The future of AI in the insurance industry
How AI could reshape the economics of the asset management industry
The future of customer experience: Embracing agentic AI
How COOs maximize operational impact from gen AI and agentic AI
Banking on gen AI in the credit business: The route to value creation
From blueprint to breakthrough: How AI and automation can transform the consumer enterprise
How a global biopharma is adopting an end-to-end AI transformation
Scaling gen AI in the medtech industry