Release of Special Edition of The Future Impact Report of Physical AI
11 November 2025: WTC released “Future Impact Report on Physical AI”, a landmark report with its insights, particularly on how Physical AI is reshaping industries, economies, and human dynamics.
The World Technology Congress's Future Impact Report—titled Physical AI highlights the convergence of AI with tangible systems such as robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, and smart machinery. Framed as the "Immutable Era of Physical AI," the report projects dramatic market growth from $372 billion in 2025 to $2.4 trillion by 2032 (30.6% CAGR). It emphasizes the transformative potential of human-machine partnerships and edge intelligence, noting that organizations ignoring this shift risk becoming obsolete. Importantly, it insists on ethical design and policy governance, urging immediate action, with a call to “silence is not an option, time matters in innovation.”.
This report is pivotal because it transitions AI discussions from virtual domains into real-world applications and consequences, prompting industries to view AI not just as analytics but as autonomous agents capable of perceiving, reasoning, and physically acting. It underscores that traditional automation and digital AI are limited and that Physical AI, able to diagnosis faults, adapt, and operate in conditions like climate impacts, ageing infrastructure, and labour shortages, is the true engine of operational resilience and strategic reinvention. Reports from the World Economic Forum and Purdue University reinforce this evolution, detailing the technical foundations, policy imperatives, and workforce transformations enabled by embodied intelligence.
The urgency is clear, global disruptions demand immediate investment in Physical AI, because waiting means falling behind in building resilient, intelligent systems that can safeguard economies and societies now.
This report has now reached over 55,000 people in the tech community. We are excited, the response has been incredible, from Fortune 500 boards, Wall Street insiders, leading academics, global policymakers, and the scientific community. The feedback has been diverse, but it’s definitely sparked important conversations.
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