Report: Size of Managed AI Inference Market Eclipses AI Training
Techstrong.ai, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
Managed AI inference spending overtook training spending in 2025, at $23.1 billion versus $16.3 billion.
The Futurum Group reports managed AI inference reached $23.1 billion in 2025, exceeding AI training at $16.3 billion for the first time.
The shift reflects enterprises moving from pilot to production faster than the market expected. Cloud provider adoption rises from 57% during experimentation to 73% at the transformation stage.
Projections show inference reaching $106.8 billion by 2030 at 36% annual growth, versus $42.2 billion for training at 21%.