The years-long trend toward Industry 4.0, coupled with the pressures of 2020’s economic climate, have made one thing clear: the need to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t just accelerating; it’s become critical. And while many industrial organizations still lack expertise in and experience with AI, the ability to adopt and implement it will very quickly become a matter of survival.
So much so that 2021 is poised to be a defining year, literally, for a new breed of AI: Industrial AI. While both startups and legacy industrial companies alike have made their own plays around Industrial AI, the new year will mark the first time that Industrial AI as a new industry category begins to take on a mainstream role.
