German industrial leader Bosch has announced a significant expansion of its artificial intelligence roadmap, committing €2.5 billion to AI development initiatives by the end of 2027. The announcement, made at Bosch Tech Day 2025, underscores the company’s ambition to integrate AI deeply into its core business sectors—mobility, manufacturing, and consumer products—with an eye toward creating new revenue streams and enhancing operational excellence.
Bosch has filed over 1,500 AI‑related patent applications in the last five years, reinforcing its leadership in European AI innovation. The company aims to generate more than €10 billion in annual revenue by 2035 from AI‑powered products and services in assisted and autonomous driving, covering software, sensors, high-performance computing, and networking technologies.
Central to Bosch’s strategy is the deployment of agentic AI within its manufacturing operations. These autonomous, multi-agent systems monitor equipment health, forecast maintenance needs, and optimise workforce scheduling—enhancing productivity and reducing unplanned downtime. Bosch plans to launch a user-friendly agentic AI platform in late 2025, enabling external partners to create custom AI agent systems with minimal coding expertise.
AI integration isn’t limited to industrial use cases. Bosch has embedded intelligent features across its consumer offerings: an oven that recognizes up to 80 dishes, wall scanners that identify internal structures, e‑bike range prediction tools, and smart cradle systems that monitor infant vital signs.
To support its AI ambitions, Bosch has invested heavily in talent development. Over 65,000 employees have participated in its in‑house AI Academy since 2019, with approximately 5,000 AI specialists currently on staff. According to Bosch’s Tech Compass, four in five individuals worldwide plan to seek AI training, and 72% of Germans believe AI will be the most influential technology over the next decade.
During the Stuttgart tech conference, Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung cautioned that overregulation could hamper Europe’s AI competitiveness, urging regulators to adopt a streamlined and essentialist approach to ensure innovation isn’t stifled. He emphasised that excessive bureaucracy could cause Europe to “regulate itself to death” in the global AI race.
With its bold €2.5 billion AI investment, Bosch is strategically positioning itself to lead the transformation toward autonomous driving, intelligent manufacturing, and AI-empowered consumer products. The company’s growing patent portfolio, agentic AI development, and workforce readiness collectively reflect a mature and forward‑looking approach to instilling AI at the heart of its operations.
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