International IT Trends June-July 2025: Global Technological Revolution

June and July 2025 will go down in history as a turning point for the global IT industry. The pace of innovation has sharply accelerated, investment priorities have shifted, and global tech players have entered a new phase of the battle for leadership.
The world of technology is not just changing, but literally being restructured before our eyes.
In these two months, the world has seen:

• record investments in AI and defense technologies;
  
  
• the first real successes in the field of quantum computing;
  
  
• the development of environmentally sustainable digital solutions;
  
  
• and the formation of fundamentally new standards for digital transformation.

Below are the key trends, events, and regional shifts that everyone who works with technology - or seriously relies on it - should know.

Global Investment Flows in the IT Sector

The second quarter of 2025 showed: despite market volatility, venture investments in technology remain at a high level.
According to KPMG, the total amount of venture funding was $101.05 billion, slightly down from the first quarter ($128.4 billion), but only due to the exclusion of one giant deal - the $40 billion investment in OpenAI.

Who invested where?

Global venture capital funding distribution across regions in Q2 2025

 

 The USA is still ahead of the rest of the world: over 70% of all investments went to the American market. Among the largest deals:

• Scale AI (data annotation company) - $4.3 billion
  
  
• World View (near space exploration and technology company) - $2.5 billion
  
  
• Anduril Industries (defense industry company) - $2.5 billion
  
  
• Thinking Machines Lab (AI startup) and Safe Superintelligence (AI company) - $2 billion each
  
  

Europe showed stable results - $14.6 billion, with a focus on defense and sustainable technologies.

• Examples: Helsing (defense technology company) - $682.9 million, Tekever (defense and security technologies company) - $500 million.

Asia - $12.8 billion, modest growth amid macroeconomic uncertainty.

Conclusion: Capital continues to flow where there are real technological breakthroughs. And the main battle is for dominance in AI, defense, and future infrastructure.

Dominant International IT Trends

 Experts highlight 10 key technological trends for mid‑2025. Below are the most prominent.

 

Top 10 international IT trends and their impact percentages for June-July 2025

AI agents: a new paradigm of artificial intelligence

 Previously, AI was perceived as a “helper,” but now it is becoming a fully autonomous agent capable of planning, acting, and making decisions independently.

• OpenAI o3 Pro, introduced in July, is not just an LLM. It is an agent capable of breaking tasks into sub‑steps, choosing the optimal strategy, and bringing it to fruition. Without external help. Not at all.
  
• Microsoft Copilot Vision can now scan the entire desktop and provide contextual hints in real time. At the Build 2025 conference, the company introduced over 50 enhancements that strengthened the position of AI agents as the core of digital platforms.

Who would doubt that AI agents are becoming the real foundation of new interfaces, new workflows, and new ways of working? We are on the verge of transitioning from “questions to the machine” to full delegation of tasks to digital performers.

Green Technologies: A Global Imperative for Sustainability

 Environmental sustainability is not just a trend, but a technological driver. And by the summer of 2025, this trend had solidified as an investment vector.

• The second place among trends - 42% influence.
  
  
• Europe is leading: the green technology market is projected to grow to €107.3 billion by 2030, with an average annual growth rate of 41.53%.
  
  
• Key areas: renewable energy, energy efficiency, circular economy.

A special focus is on next‑generation nuclear energy: small modular reactors (SMRs) capable of providing stable energy for AI‑oriented data centers.
If you are developing solutions for AI or cloud, take a look at how your architecture will consume energy in 3‑5 years. Green compatibility will definitely become a mandatory standard.

Quantum Computing: International Breakthroughs

This field has been “perpetually promising,” but in the summer of 2025, we saw real scientific and engineering achievements that are bringing quantum technologies into practical application.

• QuEra demonstrated “magic state distillation” for the first time in history - a key element for stable quantum logic.
  
  
• NIST and SQMS achieved an operation accuracy of 99.993% in fluxonium qubits, placing them among the world leaders.

A little more, and quantum computing will start to be implemented not only in laboratories but also in real corporate cases - from pharmaceuticals to cryptography.

Key International Technological Events

2025 is the season of loud announcements. Conferences and presentations of major companies have become a reflection of the current technological wars.

Google I/O 2025: Revolution in AI and Search

 On May 20, Google demonstrated how they plan to reshape the user experience and AI ecosystem.

• Gemini 2.5 Pro was introduced with the Deep Think mode: now the model can break tasks down into steps and solve them sequentially and logically, like a human.
  
  
• New generative models: Veo 3 - video; Imagen 4 - images; Lyria 2 - music.

All models are equipped with built‑in safety mechanisms and watermarks.
Project Astra stands out separately - glasses with a camera + translation / real‑time navigation, integrated with Gemini.

Microsoft Build 2025: the era of the agentic web

At Build 2025, Microsoft announced the “agentic web” strategy - where the digital environment is built around the interaction of AI agents:

• Copilot Studio now supports multi‑agent orchestration, including the distribution of roles and action chains among agents.
  
  
• SQL Server 2025 was announced - an AI‑optimized DBMS for enterprise use.
  
  
• The Copilot Tuning feature has been introduced for model tuning directly within Microsoft 365.

Microsoft is betting on AI platformization - and judging by the pace, this is not just an experiment, but the next level of SaaS.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025: New Standards of Mobility

 On July 9 in New York, Samsung showcased what the flagship of the future will look like:

• Galaxy Z Fold 7 - the thinnest foldable smartphone on the market: 4.4 mm when unfolded, weight - 215 g
  
  
• Screen: 8 inches, Dynamic AMOLED 2X
  
  
• Camera: 200 MP
  
  
• OS: Android 16 + One UI 8
  
  
• Starting price: $1,999

This is not just a gadget - it is a signal to the market about how flagships will combine AI performance, compactness, and energy efficiency.

Apple WWDC 2025: AI Integration into the Ecosystem

 Apple has confirmed: it is entering the AI race for real.
At WWDC, the evolution of Apple Intelligence was presented, now available to third‑party developers through the Foundation Models Framework. New features include:

• Visual Intelligence for image analysis
  
  
• Image Playground extensions
  
  
• A new Spotlight with contextual awareness for macOS

Apple is doing what it does best - turning technology into a convenient, manageable, and private user experience.

Regional Analysis of Technological Trends

 The summer of 2025 clearly demonstrated: the race for technological supremacy is not an abstraction, but a strategic reality. Three key regions - the USA, Europe, and Asia - are moving at different paces and with different priorities. But each of them sets the agenda.

United States: Leader of the AI Revolution

 American companies continue to dominate across all key metrics:

• $72.7 billion in venture investments in the second quarter - an absolute record.
  
  
• All six deals over $1 billion were in the USA.
  
  
• Scale AI received the largest round - $14.3 billion.

 

AI startup funding trends across major regions in the first half of 2025

Yes, overall funding for AI startups decreased compared to the first quarter ($85 → $70 billion), but the market in the US grew by 75.6% over six months and reached $162.8 billion. This is not just dominance - it's a foundation for the technological future for years to come.

Europe: Focus on Defense Technologies and Sustainability

 The second quarter of 2025 strengthened Europe's role as a center for applied scientific research and defense technologies.

• Investments - $14.6 billion, primarily in DefenseTech and GreenTech.
  
  
• The largest rounds were Helsing (DE) and Tekever (PT), both in the defense sector.
  
  
• JRC (Joint Research Centre of the EU) identified 221 key technologies, including: AI; digital twins; biotechnology; predictive analytics systems. 

Particular attention should be given to the list of the 100 most promising European startups - more than 15 of them in AI. A unique ecosystem is already forming here with prominent players like Synthesia, Cognigy, and Loveable Labs.
Europe is strengthening its positions in science‑intensive industries and regulated segments - from security to bioethics.

Asia: China's Technological Leap

 Despite external pressure and restrictions, China is not slowing down. On the contrary, it uses challenges as a stimulus for acceleration.
Total investment volume: $12.8 billion
Major deals:

• Zelos Tech (unmanned delivery vehicles) - $300 million
  
• Yangtze Memory (semiconductor integrated device manufacturer) - $218.9 million 

Important shifts:

• DeepSeek - a leader in innovation in the region: launched state‑of‑the‑art open‑source AI models with reduced resource requirements.
  
• Baidu is developing driverless taxis that are already outperforming Waymo in pilot cities.
  
• Xiaomi SU7 is an electric vehicle that has surpassed Tesla Model 3 in sales in China.

China demonstrates the main point: competition is possible even with restrictions - due to mass production, speed of implementation, and vertical integration.

Breakthrough Technologies and Innovations

 Behind the loud headlines about financing, one should not forget: it is technology that shapes the market, not the other way around. In the summer of 2025, five areas emerged on the forefront that will define the next 5-7 years.

Quantum Achievements

 It has already been mentioned at the beginning of the article, but it is worth emphasizing: quantum computing has officially moved out of the theoretical phase.

• “Magic distillation” from QuEra - proof of the practical readiness of logical qubits.
  
• CSIRO (Australia) demonstrated successful integration of quantum computing with AI by creating new models of quantum machine learning 

This could radically accelerate big data analysis, simulations, and optimization - across all industries, from pharmaceuticals to logistics.

Cybersecurity: New Challenges and Solutions

 The more powerful the technologies, the more sophisticated the threats become.

• AI phishing built on personal data
  
  
• Deepfake attacks that forge speech, video, and even business correspondence
  
  
• Vulnerabilities in multi-agent systems where a “smart agent” can be compromised

The World Economic Forum noted: the landscape of cyber threats is becoming more complex and less predictable - especially against the backdrop of geopolitical turbulence.
Businesses need not just “antiviruses,” but Zero Trust strategies and real‑time monitoring, adapted to a hybrid and multi‑cloud reality.

Metaverse: The Evolution of Virtual Worlds

The metaverse market continues to grow:

• From $105.4 billion (2024) to $936.57 billion (by 2030) - annual growth rate +46.4% 

The trend driver for 2025 is decentralization:

• In focus are Web3 platforms, where users manage their own data, access, and interactions.
  
  
• Centralized “mega‑universes” are giving way to niche metaverses with individual rules.

The potential is particularly interesting for B2B: training, modeling, virtual collaborations, digital twins.

Biotechnology: AI‑Driven Innovations

Biotech has become one of the “smartest” fields: more and more solutions are being created and tested with the help of AI.
Growth from $483.0 billion (2024) to $546.0 billion (2025) - +13%
In focus:

• ATMP (Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products)
  
  
• CGT (Cell & Gene Therapy)
  
  
• CRISPR‑Cas9 (precisely modifying DNA sequences within living organisms) - still remains the cornerstone of genetic engineering

The cross‑influence of biotech and AI gives businesses the opportunity to accelerate the launch of new products, test hypotheses, and personalize treatment - faster and more accurately than ever.

6G Networks: Shaping the Future

The commercial launch of 6G is expected closer to 2030, but important steps are already being taken:

• In June 2025, 3GPP began technical research on 6G standardization.
  
• The first specifications are planned for 2028.

6G will not just be faster - it will be an infrastructure for:

• mass connectivity of smart devices
  
• holographic communications
  
• and next‑generation neurointerfaces.

Conclusion: A New Era of Technological Convergence

June-July 2025 became the moment when the global tech industry finally transitioned from experimentation to scaling. AI agents are no longer a futuristic concept - they are becoming the infrastructure of the digital economy. Green technologies are receiving global support and funding. Quantum computing is ceasing to be a laboratory exotic.
What do we see?

• The USA continues to dominate in investments and innovations.
  
• Europe - strengthens its positions in defense and sustainable development.
  
• Asia is finding its way to technological leadership even under sanctions.
  

The convergence of technologies - AI, quantum computing, biotechnology, and energy are merging into a powerful, complementary ecosystem.

Time to Act

 If you are still watching these trends from the sidelines - now is the time to take the wheel.
Businesses that want to remain competitive in 2026-2030 must start today:

• revise their IT strategy to align with agent architecture;
  
  
• consider the energy footprint of their decisions;
  
  
• build flexible, adaptive AI scenarios for a rapidly changing market;
  
  
• and implement sustainable, proven approaches to cybersecurity.

The time for experiments is over.
The era of scalable solutions and real business opportunities has arrived.