Technology Convergence Report 2025

Executive summary The World Economic Forum has developed the 3C Framework, which reveals the patterns driving innovation transformation. It provides a map for navigating today’s tech explosion, where breakthroughs don’t stand alone but merge to reshape markets. Multiple foundational technologies are maturing simultaneously, creating unprecedented opportunities for those who understand their combined potential. In the context of this framework, this report examines how eight powerful technology domains – artificial intelligence (AI), omni computing, engineering biology, robotics, advanced materials, spatial intelligence, quantum and next-generation (next-gen) energies – are combining to create value that no single innovation could deliver alone.A total of 238 technology subcomponents were matched and filtered down to 23 combination patterns with established applications and profound recent breakthroughs. The analysis focused on meaningful intersections between technological subcomponents at different maturity stages. These combinations were chosen for their potential to influence innovation trajectories and highlight strategic opportunities across domains through convergence. Technologies combine to create capabilities impossible through any single innovation.Value chains converge, opening new market positions and revenue streams.Benefits compound as adoption scales, accelerating further innovation cycles. 4 Technology Convergence Report