AI-based futurology: VIER and 2b AHEAD realize FUTURE AI

Scientific futurology provides valid answers to future developments. For companies, scientists can, for example, analyze which technologies will be decisive in the next five to ten years for specific industries. To do this, they first conduct telephone interviews with the heads of strategy at the world's trend-setting companies for up to six months. These individuals have a significant influence on decisions regarding future developments, such as the heads of strategy, innovation, and technology at large, market-driving companies. These evaluations and further analyses are then used to create a specific picture of the future – a time-consuming and cost-intensive process that is usually only affordable for large corporations. With the help of artificial intelligence, such developments can now be created much more quickly and automatically. This means that even less financially strong companies can benefit from reliable futurology.

FUTURE AI: Professional future planning with AI

Together with VIER, the 2b AHEAD Group has therefore developed FUTURE AI. This AI tool is trained with exclusive data from the forecast database, making it a genuine knowledge system for futurology. Customers can simply ask this tool questions about the future of their industry and find out what developments will look like in five to ten years, which technologies will play a role, how value chains and target groups will change, and which business models and products will help drive growth. With FUTURE AI, any medium-sized company can do professional future planning that previously only large corporations could afford. “The knowledge of FUTURE AI is constantly evolving; FUTURE AI is virtually alive, because with every new interview, the system updates itself in the background,” explains VIER CEO Rainer Holler. “This is an example of how easy it is to integrate AI using ‘plug and play’ and how cost-efficient it is.” Sven Gabor-Janszky, Chairman of 2b AHEAD Group, adds: “With FUTURE AI, every medium-sized company can carry out professional future planning that was previously only affordable for large corporations. This is an enormous efficiency gain for SMEs.”