{"slug": "mckinsey-32-build-software-instead-of-buying-it-what-developers-must-know", "title": "McKinsey: 32% Build Software Instead of Buying It — What Developers Must Know", "summary": "McKinsey's State of AI 2026 survey found that 32% of organizations skipped a software purchase this year because an AI coding agent could build the equivalent in-house, according to the report's coverage of 1,719 organizations across 97 countries. The same report cites a 44% AI code security failure rate and forecasts cancellation of 40% of agentic projects, along with a run-cost trap that most teams will not see until year two.", "body_md": "One-third of companies skipped a software purchase this year because an AI coding agent could build the equivalent in-house. That is the headline from McKinsey’s State of AI 2026 survey — and it is the most consequential finding for developers this week. Not because the 32% figure is impressive, but because of what the report buries: a 44% AI code security failure rate, a 40% agentic project cancellation forecast, and a run-cost trap most teams will not see coming until year two. What McKinsey Actually Measured The survey covered 1,719 organizations across 97 countries and asked whether they had decided […]\n\nThe post", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-build-software-instead-of-buying-it-what-developers-must-know", "canonical_source": "https://byteiota.com/agentic-coding-build-vs-buy/", "published_at": "2026-09-11 05:07:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-11 05:26:56.997882+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-tools", "ai-research", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["McKinsey", "State of AI 2026"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-build-software-instead-of-buying-it-what-developers-must-know", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-build-software-instead-of-buying-it-what-developers-must-know.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-build-software-instead-of-buying-it-what-developers-must-know.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-build-software-instead-of-buying-it-what-developers-must-know.jsonld"}}