Stuttgart, Germany – Bosch continues to set the pace in the application and development of artificial intelligence (AI): by the end of 2027, the technology company will invest more than 2.5 billion euros in this field. AI is an innovation booster and growth driver for Bosch products and services. It makes automated driving safer, reliably checks quality in manufacturing, and makes everyday life easier for consumers at work, in their free time, and at home.
“The breakthroughs in AI make it possible to open up completely new chapters in technology, accelerate the development of innovations, and turn these into business,” says Stefan Hartung, chairman of the Bosch board of management. Bosch was an early adopter of AI, bringing it together with in-depth industrial knowledge and thus gaining a clear competitive advantage. Furthermore, in the past five years, the company has filed more than 1,500 patent applications for inventions in the field of AI – making it one of the leading applicants in Europe.
One area where Bosch wants to utilize the advantages of AI is in assisted and automated driving. Even if momentum in this area has not yet reached its peak, Bosch has no doubt that automated driving will achieve long-term market success. The company offers the right solutions for this and is confident: Bosch expects its sales of software, sensor technology, high-performance computers, and network components to double by the mid-2030s to well over 10 billion euros. Bosch uses AI in automated driving, for example for visualizing the vehicle’s surroundings and for route planning. Thanks to AI, the vehicle thinks ahead, anticipates how other road users will behave, and calculates the next steps to get to its destination safely. AI not only ensures greater safety in vehicles, however; it also helps significantly shorten development times for new products. For example, Bosch can draw on a unique database of vehicle sensor data to feed a generative AI solution – and thus train systems much faster and more efficiently. This could pave the way for even more reliable driving assistants and automated driving functions in the future.
When AI talks to AI
In manufacturing, Bosch is already focusing on the next level of artificial intelligence: agentic AI, which is able to make its own decisions and carry out its own actions. “Agentic AI can give a boost to AI similar to the one the smartphone gave the internet,” says Tanja Rueckert, member of the Bosch board of management. The revolutionary technology enables various processes to run in parallel. Several AI agents can form a team, a multi-agent system that’s supervised by humans or a coordinating agent. Bosch is already making use of this possibility in-house: multi-agent systems monitor devices in manufacturing, predict maintenance requirements, and optimize personnel scheduling. “We’ve now reached the next level. The result is a reduction in unplanned downtime and an increase in productivity overall,” Rueckert says.
Besides Bosch’s own plants, other companies will benefit from Bosch’s expertise in agentic AI: Bosch is developing a platform that will be made available to other companies as of fall 2025, enabling them to create their own multi-agent systems with little or even no programming knowledge. The goal here is to make manufacturing more efficient, reduce costs, and be able to react more flexibly to market requirements. In this way, comprehensive, orchestrated use can save several million euros.
Bosch uses AI to make technology “Invented for life”
AI is an innovation booster for Bosch, not only in the areas of industrial production and automated mobility but throughout the entire company. For example, the intelligent Bosch Revol crib can be used to monitor a child’s vital signs, such as heart and respiratory rate. On an e-bike, AI helps dispel range anxiety with the Range Control feature, and in the kitchen, it takes on the role of chef: the Bosch Series 8 oven can recognize around 80 dishes and automatically set the optimum cooking method and temperature. Artificial intelligence also helps with DIY: a wall scanner can look inside walls and detect electrical cables, metal beams, and empty spaces.
In-house academy readies Bosch’s workforce for AI
Bosch is also getting its associates on board: the company fosters the development of AI skills in-house through its AI Academy, which has trained over 65,000 associates since 2019. Nearly 5,000 AI specialists are working on intelligent AI solutions. AI skills are essential for the future of the working world outside of Bosch as well. “One thing is becoming increasingly clear: a society without AI capabilities will fall behind in global competition,” Hartung says. A majority of people have obviously already recognized the implications of AI: according to the Bosch Tech Compass, four out of five respondents worldwide plan to pursue AI training, and around two-thirds are in favor of AI as a school subject. In Germany, 72 percent believe that AI will be the dominant technology of the next decade in their country. Bosch is already well equipped for the dawning age of AI.
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The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 418,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). The company generated sales of 90.3 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 490 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 87,000 associates in research and development.
The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a limited liability company with a charitable purpose. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a company owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.
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