The year 2025 promises to be exciting for Apache DataFusion, with the project reaching an inflection point and accelerating in adoption as more systems are built on top of it. The journey from 0 to 1,000 projects is expected to be achieved, driven by significant investment from the community, major companies, and database products. DataFusion has matured beyond early adopters and is now a viable choice for anyone building highly performant analytic systems. Its adoption is set to surge as the industry embraces Open Data Lake architectures, with efforts focusing on simplifying adoption for downstream users, pushing the limits of performance, and reducing friction for users when adopting new versions of DataFusion. The community aims to balance innovation with stability while maintaining a rapid velocity of improvements, leading to a thriving ecosystem.