India, July 4 -- A new forecast from Gartner, Inc. projects that by 2030, 80% of enterprise software applications will feature multimodal capabilities-up sharply from less than 10% in 2024. This shift signals a significant transformation in how businesses develop and use software, driven largely by advances in multimodal generative AI (GenAI).

Multimodal GenAI integrates various data types-including text, images, audio, video, and numerical inputs-into a single processing framework. This approach allows enterprise applications to analyze complex, real-world situations and generate more accurate, context-aware responses. For instance, a single AI system could simultaneously process video footage of a manufacturing line, interpret sensor r...