These 20 companies are paving the way for the AI superhighway, continually rolling out a slew of next-generation innovative AI and cloud offerings along with having the deep investment pockets to match.
From cloud GPUs that accelerate AI workflows and the cloud infrastructure that house AI solutions to large language model (LLM) providers and next-level AI agent technology, these 20 companies are paving the road for the AI superhighway.
With cloud computing being one of the most popular delivery options for AI and generative AI at scale, companies like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are all forces to be reckoned with in the AI era.
However, red-hot cloud AI upstarts like Cloudera, CoreWeave, Lambda and Spectro Cloud are competing and partnering with the major cloud providers as customer demand for business-outcome AI solutions are in high demand.
The lines between cloud computing and AI are being blurred as both markets often go hand-in-hand.
For example, worldwide enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $330 billion in 2024, an increase of roughly $60 billion in total annual sales compared with 2023 and an increase of $102 billion from 2022, according to data from Synergy Research Group.
“Our assessment is that since ChatGPT was launched, GenAI has been responsible for at least half of the increase in cloud service revenues,” John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group, told CRN earlier this year. “That has come from either newly launched GenAI/GPU services or from AI-driven improvements to existing cloud services.”
As part of CRN’s AI 100 list, here are the 20 cloud computing companies that are leading the AI revolution in 2025.
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