According to a new report, published by KBV research, The Global Generative AI in Software Development Lifecycle Market size is expected to reach USD 5.26 billion by 2032, rising at a market growth of 34.2% CAGR during the forecast period.
The state of competition shows that the market is layered. Cloud and platform providers sell governance features like tenant isolation, policy packs, telemetry, and integration with identity and secrets stores to big businesses. They also bundle code-centric models into IDEs and chat experiences. Application lifecycle and DevOps vendors add generative features to the entire toolchain. These features include turning natural-language epics into issues, writing merge requests, mapping tests to requirements, suggesting CI templates, and making release notes.

The Software Engineers/DevOps Professionals segment led the maximum revenue in the Global Generative AI in Software Development Lifecycle Market by End-user in 2024, thereby, achieving a market value of USD 3.87 billion by 2032. This dominance is attributed to the extensive use of AI in automating repetitive coding tasks, improving software quality, and enhancing productivity across development teams. Generative AI tools are increasingly integrated into integrated development environments to provide code suggestions, debug errors, and streamline workflows.
The Code Generation & Auto-Completion segment is growing at a CAGR of 33.3 % during the forecast period. Its growth is driven by the increasing adoption of AI tools that assist developers by automatically generating code snippets, suggesting relevant functions, and reducing the time required for manual programming. This application enhances developer productivity, minimizes errors, and accelerates the overall development process, making it one of the most impactful use cases of generative AI in software development.
The North America region dominated the Global Generative AI in Software Development Lifecycle Market by Region in 2024, thereby, achieving a market value of USD 2.10 billion by 2032. The Asia Pacific region is anticipated to grow a CAGR of 35.1% during (2025 - 2032). Additionally, The Europe region would witness a CAGR of 33.6% during (2025 - 2032).
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