2024 Year-End Review and 2025 Predictions

It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025.

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Predictions, or 2025 areas of focus?

Aaron

2025 will be the year of AI ROI, and Agentic AI will make this worse
There will be at least one “SkyNet scare” of Agentic AI
2025 will also be the year of inference (see ROI)
Brian:

Gov’t vs. AI (US Trump, EU, China)
Emergence of an AI Agent stack or standard?
Useful or killer AI apps? (new focus of Weekend Perspective)
AI pricing evolves based on usage patterns or just need for revenues?

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