Entrepreneurs Grow Incubators & Accelerators Increase Density Expand Broadband Overview Technology Artificial Intelligence (AI) Internet of Things (IoT) Big Data Blockchain 3D Printing Robotics Publications (1996–2018) 403,596 66,467 73,957 4,821 17, 039 254,409 Patent (1996–2018) 116,600 22,180 6,850 2,975 13,215 59,535 Price Insurance Fraud-Detection Tool: $100,00–$300,000, Chatbots: $30,000– $250,000 Electrocardiography Monitor: $3,000–$4,000 Building & Home Automation: from $50,000 Building & Maintaining a 40-terabyte Data Warehouse: $888,000 per year Project Development: $5,000–$200,000 Entry Level 3D Printer: $200, Top-notch industrial printer: $100,000 average 3D Printer: $700 Industrial Robots: $25,000–$400,000 Humanoids: $500–$2,500,000 Market Size $16 Billion (2017) $191 Billion (2024) $130 Billion (2018) $1.5 Trillion (2025) $32 Billion (2017) $157 Billion (2026) $708 Million (2017) $61 Billion (2024) $10 Billion (2018) $44 Billion (2025) $32 Billion (2018) $499 Billion (2025) Major Providers Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Microsoft Alphabet, Amazon, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, PTC, Salesforce, SAP, (IoT Platform) Alphabet, Amazon, Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Splunk, Teradta (Storage Platforms Analytics) Alibaba, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, (Blockchain-as-a-Service) 3D Systems, ExOne, HP, Stratasys ABB, FANUC, KUKA, Mitsubishi, Electric, Yaskawa (Industrial Robotics) Hanson Robotics, Pal Robotics, Robotics, Softbank Robotics (Humanoids) Alphabet/Waymo, Aptiv, GM, Tesla (Autonomous Vehicles) Major Users Retail, Banking, Discrete Manufacturing Consumer, Insurance, Healthcare Providers Banking, Discrete Manufacturing, Professional Services Finance, Manufacturing, Retail Discrete Manufacturing, Healthcare, Education Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Resource Industry NCTAD. Technology and Innovation Report 2021 Frontier Technologies