80% of GenAl apps will use existing data: Gartner

Gartner forecasts that 80% of GenAl business applications will be built on existing data platforms by 2028, making RAG a critical enabler of faster, safer Al deployment.

- Musharrat Shahin

IN A world racing to embrace Generative AI (GenAI), the question is no longer if businesses will adopt it, but how fast and how wisely. At the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Mumbai, the conversation has shifted from hype to how-to. Gartner predicts that by 2028, 80% of GenAI business applications will be developed on existing data management platforms—cutting development time and complexity by half.