In 2025, AI will completely transform the technology industry... From Gates to Zuckerberg, everyone is diagnosing a "turning point"

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the core of the technology industry. Just from the statements of numerous tech leaders and experts, it is enough to glimpse its significance throughout 2025. Topics related to AI, such as Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, robotics, and large data centers, have firmly occupied the center stage of tech industry reports over the past year.

Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies, emphasized that AI is the future technology centered on users, and asserted: “There is no worse investment than developing technology that does not meet customer needs. The future customers want is AI.” Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA (NVDA), also redefined the company’s identity, stating, “We are no longer a semiconductor company, but an AI factory.”

Meta (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed doubts about whether AI technology is a substantial breakthrough or a bubble of overhype. He said, “Even if real results are achieved, early on it might look like a bubble. The costs are high, but that may not be the end.”

Fei-Fei Li, former Chief Scientist of Google Cloud AI, emphasized that AI will become the core foundation of intelligent agents, pointing out that “the true value of AI lies in the ability to interact with 3D space and virtual worlds.”

Additionally, industry leaders such as Marc Benioff of Salesforce (CRM), Ed Chi of Google (GOOGL) DeepMind, AI startups Anthropic and OpenAI, and Amazon (AMZN) CTO Werner Vogels generally agree that AI is triggering a structural transformation across the entire industry.

Particularly, technological innovations around AI agents have surpassed the scope of “intelligent collaboration tools,” rising as core variables that directly impact economic systems and cybersecurity frameworks. At the same time, some evaluations suggest that AI is redefining existing infrastructure. Yee Jiun Song, head of infrastructure at Meta, stated, “AI is disrupting our traditional understanding of infrastructure.” Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, diagnosed, “AI is still constrained by complexity and high costs, which is slowing down the pace of entire organizations.”

Caution about aggressive progress in AI technology has also emerged. Vlad Tenev of Robinhood candidly said, “We are not yet sure whether we are creating a novice assistant or a threatening predator.” Apostol Vassilev of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) emphasized that, given the potential for AI agents to intrude into existing network infrastructure, restricting access is crucial.

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang publicly apologized at the GTC conference in March for a strategic misstatement during a speech related to quantum computing, saying, “This event was like a collective consultation for me,” aiming to rebuild trust with the industry. Astro Teller, CEO of Alphabet’s experimental tech organization X, called for radical imagination in the AI era, noting that “reckless ideas that sound reasonable are likely to fail.”

In this way, AI permeates nearly all fields including technology, infrastructure, policy, and ethics. For some, it is “hopeful progress,” while for others, it represents “unpredictable risks.” 2025 is the inaugural year for AI’s tangible influence across the entire industry and a decisive turning point where tech leaders personally feel its weight.