business predictions for 2028 | Future timeline

Read 34 business predictions for 2028, a year that will see the business world transform in ways that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore many of them below.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

business forecasts for 2028

Thanks to a combination of mixed reality, digital assistants, on-demand manufacturing, and last-mile delivery systems, home shoppers can now design, customize, and purchase highly personalized clothing and consumer goods on demand. Mass production leads to personalized production. (Likelihood 80%)link
Driverless cars begin having significant impact on profits for auto insurance companies. link

In 2028, a number of business breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:

Walmart Canada commits to 100% alternatively powered fleet of logistics vehicles. Likelihood: 80% link

Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2028 include:

Automation is the new outsourcing

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Medically assistive nanobots: Meet the micro-medics.

AI improves patient outcomes: Is AI our best healthcare worker yet?.

AI speeds scientific discovery: The scientist that never sleeps.

Assisted creativity: Can AI enhance human creativity?.

Personal digital twins: The age of online avatars.

Deepfakes for fun: When deepfakes become entertainment.

Impact tourism: When tourists contribute to community development.

Generative adversarial networks (GANs): The age of synthetic media.

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs): Predictive algorithms that can anticipate human behavior.

Convolutional neural network (CNN): Teaching computers how to see.

Molecular robotics: These microscopic robots can do just about anything.

Global minimum tax: Making tax havens less attractive.

VR advertisements: The next frontier for brand marketing.

Brick-and-click: The tricky balance between online and physical stores.

Blockchain health insurance: Addressing challenges in data management.

Autonomous robot painters: The future of wall painting.

Hempcrete: Building with green plants.

Offensive government hacking: A new kind of digital warfare.

AI-augmented work: Can machine learning systems become our best teammate?.

Delivery tracking and security: A higher level of transparency.

Web-scale content analysis: Making sense of online content.

Automation of workers: How can human laborers stay relevant?.

Serverless computing: Outsourcing server management.

Sand mining: What happens when all the sand is gone?.

AI in the cloud: Accessible AI services.

Virtual reality estate tours: The age of immersive virtual house tours.

Renting over owning: The housing crisis rages on.

Tax authorities target the poor: When it’s too expensive to tax the rich.

Automation to audit the rich: Can AI bring tax evaders in line?.

Crypto modernizes taxes: Can taxes finally be transparent and convenient?.

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