Build vs Buy: The Shocking Reason 32% of Companies Are Skipping Software Purchases

Infographic highlighting McKinsey’s State of AI 2026 findings on build vs buy AI: 32% of organizations avoided buying software by using AI coding tools to build in-house, rising to 41% among technology firms and 48% among high-performing organizations.

McKinsey finally put hard numbers to a question founders and SaaS vendors have argued about for the last couple of years: should you build vs buy AI? Their State of AI 2026 survey, which came out on August 25, 2026, shows that AI coding tools are starting to tip the scales toward building software in-house … Read more