STATE OF AI,
YEAR BY YEAR.
How AI evolved year by year — from a back-office tool used by half of organizations in 2022 to near-universal infrastructure by 2025. Pick a year for the sourced picture, or see the full timeline and year-over-year charts.
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State of AI in 2022 — ChatGPT Arrives
~50% org adoption. ChatGPT hits 100M users in two months — the fastest consumer app launch on record.
State of AI in 2023 — The Breakout Year
33% using generative AI. GPT-4, Claude 2, Llama 2 and Gemini all ship within a single year.
State of AI in 2024 — The Inflection Year
78% org use. $252.3B invested. SWE-bench surges from 4.4% to 71.7% as benchmarks break open.
State of AI in 2025 — Concentrated Value
88% org use. $37B GenAI spend. 61% of global VC. Near-universal adoption with value concentrating at the frontier.
State of AI: Timeline 2022–2026
The full multi-year story on one page, with the defining milestone for each year from 2022 to 2026.
See the whole arc, 2022–2026
The multi-year story in a single timeline, with the defining milestone for each year.