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AI Eats IT According to Gartner’s Shocking Forecast for 2030
But what does this actually mean for us?
Midas AI
September 09, 2025
Welcome back to The Midas Report.
Your daily filter for the AI shifts that actually move markets.
The speed of AI progression and industry takeover continues to surprise us, even though we’re here in the trenches writing about it every day.
Well today’s feature is not exception.
According to Gartner, a global research and advisory company, by 2030, every inch of IT will run through AI and we're not just talking about flashy copilots or the occasional chatbot.
AI won’t be a side dish in IT, it’ll be the main course. In five years, a quarter of IT work will be fully done by bots, and the rest will be split between humans and the AI copilots whispering in their ears.
What does that look like?
Automated helpdesk tickets, security patches predicted before you know you need them, apps that deploy with barely a human touch.
This isn’t a pink slip apocalypse. As Gartner puts it, there’s no AI job bloodbath coming.
But the jobs are reshaping themselves and fast. Entry level roles that primarily deal with rote tasks? Already down 40% in less than two years, per Revelio Labs. T
The message is this, if your job is easily learned, it’s easily automated.
And bosses are listening. Or as Gartner VP Daryl Plummer bluntly put it, “You never want to look like you have too many people.”
And yet, here’s the kicker, most IT work today (a whopping 81%) is still done without any AI. That’s a massive gap between where we are and where we’re headed.
Companies that stay in that "manual by default" zone will find themselves boxed out of AI native ecosystems.
It’s not hard to imagine a near future where security platforms, infrastructure vendors, even dev tools are built for AI first workflows and integrating legacy systems takes more effort than it’s worth. The longer you wait to adapt, the more future incompatible you become.
So what now?
If you run IT or eng teams, don’t wait for a mandate. Start auditing your workflows, What can AI help triage, route, auto complete, or test? Where are your people glued to spreadsheets instead of driving strategy?
And if you’re building products, don’t tack AI on as a feature. Design like it’s the default interface.
Because, pretty soon, it will be.
🧠 The Download
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Google and Qualcomm are turning your car into an AI co pilot as automakers edge closer to real time, cloud free intelligence, reshaping the cockpit, the supply chain, and the competitive map for who owns the driving experience.
Europe bets big on sovereign AI with Mistral’s $1.7B raise led by ASML, this is a strategic alignment of models and silicon that signals Europe’s intent to control its AI infrastructure stack and challenge US China dominance.
Microsoft’s $17.4 billion commitment to Nebius shattered expectations, sending the once obscure cloud outfit’s shares up 43% and triggering a 6.1% surge in Broadcom as investors chased the real AI infrastructure winners.
Shield AI stole the funding spotlight with a $240 million raise at a $5.3 billion valuation, solidifying its Hivemind platform as the leading battle tested AI autonomy stack in defense.
ChainGPT’s 9.3% pop came after unveiling a new on chain smart contract auditing tool for BNB Chain, moving AI crypto beyond speculation and into usable infra.
That’s your daily AI edge for September 9th 2025.
See you tomorrow!
Midas AI