AI software market posts huge growth amid digital transformation boom - CityAM

Revenue from AI software soared more than 63 per cent to $846m (£664m) last year amid a surge in firms investing in the new technology. Robotic process automation (RPA), which provides AI tools for businesses, is now the fastest-growing segment of the enterprise software market, with revenue set to reach $1.3bn in 2019, according to research firm Gartner. "The RPA market has grown since our last forecast, driven by digital business demands as organisations look for'straight-through' processing," said Fabrizio Biscotti, research vice president at Gartner. "Competition is intense, with nine of the top 10 vendors changing market share position in 2018." The top five RPA vendors controlled 47 per cent of the market in 2018, though the vendors ranked sixth and seventh posted trip-digit revenue growth in a sign of heightening competition.