There’s A New Gold Rush Inside America’s Operating Rooms
The amount of artificial intelligence (AI) used in hospital operating rooms is expected to rapidly expand by 2030, according to a Research and Markets report released Monday.
The amount of artificial intelligence (AI) used in hospital operating rooms is expected to rapidly expand by 2030, according to a Research and Markets report released Monday.
The market is projected to climb from $0.9 billion in 2025 to $1.17 billion in 2026, reaching a 30% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to Research and Markets’ estimates. The worldwide AI in operating rooms market is also expected to reach $3.29 billion by 2030, rising at a CAGR of 29.6%, the report shows.
This growth in market value is largely driven by a surge in minimally invasive surgeries, AI-powered surgical robotics, healthcare digitization and precision-based interventions, per the report.
Robot installations in operating rooms rose to 553,052 units worldwide in 2022, marking a 5% year-over-year increase, according to the report.
The newly released data comes as AI adoption in medical care has been surging across the U.S. and other countries in recent years. A Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis report published in July 2025 found that 43.9% of hospitals in metro counties nationally reported utilizing some type of AI tool in their operations.
Implementing AI-driven models in operating rooms can potentially bolster the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and safety of surgical procedures, according