By 2026, 80% of AI agents are expected to impact at least one business process, a shift that is starting to show up in unexpected places like card scanning, listing moderation, and buyer targeting. At the same time, the trading card side is scaling fast, with the global digital collectibles market projected to reach $10.2 billion by 2030 and the trading card games market expected to hit $14.4 billion by 2030. This post puts those forces side by side so you can see where AI spending, software growth, and market demand intersect for trading card brands and platforms.
Key Takeaways
- 2024 global spending on AI services is projected to reach $118.2 billion
- 2024 global spending on AI hardware is projected to reach $180.6 billion
- The global artificial intelligence software market is forecast to reach $300.7 billion in 2025
- In Gartner’s 2023 survey, 35% of organizations are already using generative AI in at least one work area
- In Gartner’s 2023 survey, 15% of organizations plan to use generative AI within 12 months
- In Gartner’s 2023 survey, 50% of organizations are in pilot mode or have no plan for generative AI yet
- By 2026, 100% of organizations will have used AI for at least one business process
- By 2030, 70% of enterprises will use AI-enabled virtual agents
- By 2025, 33% of knowledge work tasks will be transformed by genAI
AI spending is surging toward $639.9 billion in 2025, driving faster adoption, including generative AI in card markets.
Market Size
12024 global spending on AI services is projected to reach $118.2 billion[1]
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22024 global spending on AI hardware is projected to reach $180.6 billion[1]
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3The global artificial intelligence software market is forecast to reach $300.7 billion in 2025[1]
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4The global artificial intelligence services market is forecast to reach $129.8 billion in 2025[1]
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5Global AI spending is projected to reach $595.3 billion in 2024[1]
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6Global AI spending is projected to reach $639.9 billion in 2025[1]
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7Global AI software revenue grew 28% to $184.3 billion in 2023[1]
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8Global AI services revenue grew 27% to $93.3 billion in 2023[1]
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9Global AI hardware revenue grew 21% to $145.8 billion in 2023[1]
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10McKinsey estimates generative AI could add $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion annually across industries[2]
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11The global market for AI in financial services is forecast to reach $22.6 billion by 2030[3]
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12The global market for AI in the financial services sector is estimated to be $10.9 billion in 2023[3]
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13The global generative AI market size is projected to reach $109.4 billion by 2030[4]
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14The global generative AI market size is estimated to be $22.7 billion in 2023[4]
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15The worldwide AI software market is forecast to reach $298 billion in 2024[5]
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16The worldwide AI software market is forecast to reach $500 billion by 2030[5]
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17The global digital collectibles market size is projected to reach $10.2 billion by 2030[6]
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18The digital collectibles market size is estimated at $2.7 billion in 2023[6]
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19The global trading card games market size is projected to reach $14.4 billion by 2030[7]
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20The trading card games market size is estimated at $5.2 billion in 2023[7]
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21The global card games market is projected to reach $14.5 billion by 2030[8]
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22The global trading card games market is estimated at $6.1 billion in 2023[9]
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23The global sports trading cards market is projected to reach $3.6 billion by 2030[10]
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24The sports trading cards market is estimated at $1.7 billion in 2023[10]
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25The global collectibles market size is projected to reach $358.7 billion by 2032[11]
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26The collectibles market size was valued at $151.1 billion in 2023[11]
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27The global art collectibles market is projected to reach $148.6 billion by 2032[11]
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28The global sports collectibles market is projected to reach $111.8 billion by 2032[11]
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29The global AI in manufacturing market is forecast to reach $41.2 billion by 2032[12]
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30The AI in manufacturing market was valued at $14.3 billion in 2023[12]
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Market Size Interpretation
Spending and market growth show AI is accelerating fast for the trading and collectibles ecosystem, with generative AI climbing from $22.7 billion in 2023 to $109.4 billion by 2030 while AI spending overall rises from $595.3 billion in 2024 to $639.9 billion in 2025.
User Adoption
1In Gartner’s 2023 survey, 35% of organizations are already using generative AI in at least one work area[13]
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2In Gartner’s 2023 survey, 15% of organizations plan to use generative AI within 12 months[13]
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3In Gartner’s 2023 survey, 50% of organizations are in pilot mode or have no plan for generative AI yet[13]
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4Gartner projects that by 2025, 80% of AI agents will impact at least one business process[14]
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5Gartner projects that by 2026, 45% of enterprises will use AI agents to interact directly with customers[14]
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6Gartner projects that by 2025, 25% of software engineering organizations will use AI copilots in production[15]
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7Gartner predicts that by 2026, 80% of developer organizations will have adopted at least one AI capability[15]
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8By 2024, 75% of global organizations will have used generative AI in some capacity[16]
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9By 2024, 30% of organizations will use generative AI to create customer-facing content[16]
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10CardMarket reported that its users trade millions of card listings each year (2023 annual report: 3.9 million sellers and 190 million unique visitors per year)[17]
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User Adoption Interpretation
With 35% of organizations already using generative AI in at least one work area and another 15% planning to adopt it within 12 months while only 50% are still piloting or undecided, the trading card industry is clearly moving fast toward broader AI use and customer-facing automation, including Gartner’s forecast that by 2026 45% of enterprises will use AI agents to interact directly with customers.
Industry Trends
1By 2026, 100% of organizations will have used AI for at least one business process[18]
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2By 2030, 70% of enterprises will use AI-enabled virtual agents[19]
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3By 2025, 33% of knowledge work tasks will be transformed by genAI[20]
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4By 2025, 50% of new software will be developed using AI tooling[21]
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5By 2026, 15% of all sales interactions will be assisted by AI agents[14]
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Industry Trends Interpretation
By 2026, with 100% of organizations already using AI and 15% of all sales interactions assisted by AI agents, the trading card industry is rapidly shifting from experimentation to everyday deployment.
How We Rate Confidence
Models
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