"Java is becoming more popular for building AI applications, with 62% of respondents in Azul's just-released 2026 State of Java Survey and Report relying on Java for AI development. Last year's report had 50% of participants using Java for AI functionality. Released February 10, the report featured findings from a survey of more than 2,000 Java users from September 2025 to November 2025."
"The report also found that 81% of participants have migrated, are migrating, or plan to migrate from Oracle's Java to a non-Oracle OpenJDK distribution, with 92% expressing concern about Oracle Java pricing. The survey discovered a clear trend toward embedding AI within enterprise systems that Java already powers. The report noted that Java developers have many AI libraries to choose from when developing AI functionality, the most-used among respondents being JavaML, followed by Deep Java Library (DJL) and OpenCL."
62% of respondents rely on Java for AI development, up from 50% the prior year. More than 2,000 Java users participated between September 2025 and November 2025. 81% have migrated, are migrating, or plan to migrate from Oracle's Java to a non-Oracle OpenJDK distribution, and 92% expressed concern about Oracle Java pricing. Java is being used to embed AI within existing enterprise systems. JavaML, Deep Java Library (DJL), and OpenCL are the most-used AI libraries. 31% said that more than half their produced code includes AI functionality.
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