As we head into 2025, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face a clear choice: embrace AI or compete with it. While large-tech dominates the news, executives and knowledge workers grapple with an overwhelming array of AI-enabled tools.

But 2025 isn’t merely about keeping up—it’s about reimagining business models to harness AI’s potential and gain a competitive advantage. 

This movement is probably why, according to Gartner, IT spending is projected to increase by 7.5 percent in 2024—in the form of an “AI tax.”