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2025 Market Study: Modern Data Architecture in the AI Era

Radiant Advisors has strategic insights for data leaders. The AI data architecture revolution is happening now—and your competition is already moving.

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AI is transforming enterprise data architecture. A Radiant Advisors survey of 259 data professionals shows 85.3% of enterprises have secured budgets and 82.6% plan GenAI/LLM implementation by end of 2025, making data modernization a critical necessity.

This shift prioritizes tactical, use-case-driven implementations over large overhauls. Organizations are building integrated AI infrastructure stacks, with 49.8% now allocating focused budgets, (compared to 11.4% in 2023). Strategic decisions in the coming months are crucial for long-term market positioning, as 43.6% target Q3-Q4 2025 deployment.

Read this report to uncover key strategic insights, such as:

  • GenAI leads organizational commitment with 57.9% research attention, 51.7% understanding confidence, and 62.9% conviction of strategic value over the next five years—representing unprecedented enterprise technology adoption acceleration.
  • Integrated AI-enabling architecture stack has emerged as organizations pursue Data Lakehouse (33.6% strategic value), Data Fabric (28.2%), and Semantic Layer & Search (20.5%) as complementary components rather than standalone solutions‍
  • Business justification has evolved from technical optimization to strategic transformation with AI use case adoption leading at 49.4%.