2025 Technology Summary: AI and Sectoral Changes

Industry Mergers and Acquisitions

2025 saw the consolidation of media and technology giants. Netflix started the process of acquiring Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion. With this deal, expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026, intellectual properties such as HBO Max, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones will come under the Netflix umbrella. However, reviews by regulatory authorities into monopoly claims make the process uncertain.

Global RAM Crisis and Hardware Effects

Rising memory demand for the training and inference of AI models led to a global RAM crisis. This bottleneck in the supply chain caused prices to rise. While the crisis is expected to continue until 2026, producers such as AMD and NVIDIA are expected to increase their pricing policies. On the end-user side, increases of up to 20% in PC and mobile device costs are in question.

Developments in the AI Ecosystem

Throughout the year, next-generation tools such as OpenAI GPT-5, Google Gemini 3 Pro, and the Atlas browser were launched. In particular, the growing capabilities of autonomous agents increased the level of automation in business processes. In the generative AI field, visual generation capacities continued to push the limits of realism.

Design Failures in Mobile Devices

The ultra-thin phone concepts tried by Apple (iPhone Air) and Samsung (Galaxy S25 Edge) were not accepted by the market. The 5.6 mm thick devices remained at low sales figures due to thermal management issues, low battery life, and limited camera hardware. This confirmed that users focus on performance rather than aesthetics.

SpaceX Valuation and Other Developments

Thanks to success in Starship tests and Starlink’s profitability, SpaceX reached an $800 billion valuation and rose to the position of the world’s most valuable private company. Across the sector, more than 100 thousand technology employees were laid off due to economic contraction and restructuring. In the gaming world, the anticipated title GTA VI was postponed to November 19, 2026.