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Made	Prediction	Target	Topic	Status
July 2026	60% of organizations will run smaller software engineering teams by 2029, up from 15% in 2026.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2029	Dec 2029by 2029	Coding	Open
June 2026	AI coding will cost more than an average developer's salary by 2028 as token prices rise.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2028	Dec 2028by 2028	Coding	Open
June 2026	More than one in ten enterprises will be AI-first by 2030.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2030	Dec 2030by 2030	Agents	Open
June 2026	By 2027 AI-optimized servers will use more power than conventional servers.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2027	Dec 2027by 2027	Compute	Open
June 2026	Data center electricity consumption will pass 1,200 TWh by 2030, beyond what grid supply can meet.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2030	Dec 2030by 2030	Compute	Open
reported June 2026	Half of organizations planning to sharply cut contact center headcount due to AI will drop those plans by 2027.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2027	Dec 2027by 2027	Jobs	Open
May 2026	Worldwide AI spending will rise 47% in 2026 to $2.59 trillion.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2026	Dec 2026in 2026	Markets	Open
cited November 2025	35% of point-product SaaS tools will be replaced by AI agents or absorbed into agent ecosystems by 2030.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2030	Dec 2030by 2030	Agents	Open
October 2025 (Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo)	35% of countries will be locked into region-specific AI platforms by 2027.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2027	Dec 2027by 2027	Data	Open
October 2025 (Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo)	75% of hiring processes will test AI proficiency by 2027.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2027	Dec 2027by 2027	Jobs	Open
October 2025 (Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo)	AI agents will intermediate more than $15 trillion of B2B spending by 2028.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2028	Dec 2028by 2028	Agents	Open
June 2025	Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027.Open · Unverified · Gartner · target Dec 2027	Dec 2027by end of 2027	Agents	Open

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