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Is Agentic Coding Killing Build vs Buy?
Should you still buy SaaS when AI agents can build it? McKinsey's State of AI 2026 says 32% of organizations already skipped a software purchase. Here is what CTOs should do.
McKinsey’s State of AI 2026 reveals that 32% of organizations skipped at least one software purchase because they could build it internally with agentic coding tools. This episode explains how Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, and AI coding agents are changing the build-vs-buy decision, why SaaS vendors selling thin-wrapper tools are most exposed, and why CTOs must rethink software procurement, internal tools, shadow IT…
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