Rust is the first language since C++ that can improve/not hinder runtime speed while making development safer, so I definately see its future.

The only problem is that the compiler is very slow now, so it doesn't scale to large code bases, which is a no-go in my company. Hopefully the Rust team understands that this is not only a would-be-nice to have feature (I see learning the borrow checker as a smaller problem)