Synopsys Bold Prediction: AI Will Begin Collaborating with AI in 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way in a short amount of time. What started with simple AI bots that could perform rudimentary tasks using predefined rules and decision trees evolved into sophisticated AI agents that can understand human language, generate content, continuously learn, and adapt their behavior accordingly.

These AI agents have remained relatively specialized and discrete, built for specific use cases and isolated within certain applications and data sets. But that’s about to change.

In addition to being broadly deployed across industries, we predict AI agents will begin collaborating with other AI agents in 2025, signifying the next evolution of this revolutionary technology.

AI collaboration across functions and domains

With improvements in natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), machine learning algorithms, and human-directed training, AI agents are becoming more knowledgeable and proficient — true experts in their domain.

And while they will still be built for specific functions and tied to particular data sets, they are now being designed and trained for greater integration and collaboration — not only with humans but with other AI agents as well.

This AI-to-AI collaboration will unlock countless horizontal use cases, produce untold insights and productivity gains, and deliver compounded value as a result. And much of it will be focused on bringing together industry- and workflow-specific functions.

• Customer service and support: AI chatbot agents, sentiment analysis agents, and resolution agents will work together to handle initial customer inquiries, prioritize tickets, and suggest solutions based on past scenarios.
• Supply chain optimization: AI agents specializing in demand forecasting, inventory management, and logistics optimization will collaborate to predict product demand, monitor stock levels, and plan efficient transportation routes.
• Financial risk management: Fraud detection, credit risk assessment, and compliance monitoring AI agents will team up to flag potentially fraudulent activities, assign risk scores, and ensure regulatory adherence.
• Healthcare management: AI agents trained for patient triage, medical diagnoses, and treatment optimization will work in concert to prioritize emergency room visits, suggest possible diagnoses, and recommend personalized treatment plans.

With the collective sum being greater than each individual part, these AI-to-AI collaborations will enhance operational efficiency, productivity, and risk management. They will help improve customer and employee satisfaction. And they will ultimately drive business growth and competitiveness.

Agentic chip design coming into view

Few engineering challenges are as complex and arduous as chip design, which typically requires multiple teams of experts and months — sometimes years — of dedicated work. Imagine what could be accomplished if an AI dream team was assembled to aid and accelerate the process.

Highly specialized AI agents could combine and analyze incalculable amounts of information spanning software workloads, architecture, data flow, timing, power, parasitics, manufacturing rules, and other parameters. This AI-to-AI collaboration would help identify unseen patterns and correlations, develop new solutions for longstanding problems, and provide detailed recommendations for optimizing chip design and performance.

With a comprehensive suite of award-winning, AI-driven EDA tools, we’re actively working to turn these visions into realities.

The need for AI transparency, accountability, and capacity

The ongoing evolution of AI agents and the imminent proliferation of AI-to-AI collaboration reinforce three distinct needs: Accountability, transparency, and computational capacity.

Before we can trust their collective work, conclusions, and recommendations, we need a clear view of each AI agent. Who is developing and training them? What are their operating objectives and parameters? How are they interacting with other AI agents? What data sets and tools are they leveraging?

And, as with all AI workloads that continue to grow in complexity and scale, additional computing capacity is essential for AI-to-AI collaboration. Not only is it needed for amalgamating and analyzing vast amounts of data, but also for faster model training, more accurate predictions, and the ability to tackle more sophisticated problems.

As a silicon-to-systems leader with AI-driven design tools, Synopsys will continue enabling and accelerating innovation while advocating for responsible development and application of AI technologies — whether they’re operating alone or together.