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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