Domo launches App Catalyst, a new capability within its AI and Data Products Platform that enables users to describe desired applications in natural language, instantly generating production-ready pro-code app frameworks grounded in existing enterprise data—while automatically inheriting governance, security, and scalability from connected platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, Google Cloud, and Oracle.
Generative AI has revolutionized prototyping, enabling “vibe coding” to turn ideas into working demos in minutes. However, many prototypes stall before production due to fragile code, maintainability issues, and misalignment with enterprise data governance and security requirements. App Catalyst addresses this challenge by providing a production-ready foundation that teams can confidently extend, while continuing to work with data in their existing platforms.
Unlike tools focused solely on speed of creation, App Catalyst emphasizes durability and enterprise readiness. It composes applications grounded in trusted data sources, governed by design, and aligned with operational standards—eliminating the need to duplicate data or compromise security.
“Vibe coding showed how fast ideas can turn into software, but speed alone does not create durable value,” said Josh James, CEO at Domo. “The next evolution is moving from raw code generation to composing applications that are grounded in trusted data and governed by design. App Catalyst is an important step in that direction. It’s more like vibe-orchestrating, as it gives teams a production-ready foundation they can extend confidently, while continuing to work with data in the platforms they already rely on.”
App Catalyst delivers a compelling starting point for application development:
The feature initially targets technical users—product managers, developers, and practitioners—who can use it to validate ideas, demonstrate concepts to stakeholders, and prototype data-driven products quickly. Domo plans to expand accessibility to business users, enabling them to test hypotheses and explore value creation with reduced IT dependency.
App Catalyst aligns with Domo’s broader vision of the intelligent enterprise, where AI serves as a trusted orchestration layer connecting data, workflows, and people. By grounding AI-built applications in governed, enterprise-ready foundations, organizations can scale innovation confidently without sacrificing control, security, or trust.
About Domo
Domo is an AI and Data Products platform that helps companies of all sizes leverage data and AI to drive value in today’s data-driven world. Built around our customers’ preferred data foundation, powered by our award-winning Domo.AI solution, and enriched with our partner ecosystem, the Domo platform enables users to prepare, visualize, automate, distribute, and build end-to-end data products that provide solutions across the entire data journey. From hydrating your data foundation, to building fully embedded applications that can be shared with your employees and customers, to deploying AI models across a variety of providers, Domo gives users the ability to build data products that generate measurable value for the business.