{"slug": "mckinsey-32-of-companies-skipped-buying-new-software-this-year-and-built-it-with", "title": "McKinsey: 32% of companies skipped buying new software this year and built it with agents instead", "summary": "McKinsey's State of AI 2026 survey, published in late August, found that 32% of organizations skipped an off-the-shelf software purchase and built their own solution with agentic coding tools instead, rising to 41% among technology companies. The figures quantify how agentic coding tools are displacing traditional software buying at a significant share of enterprises.", "body_md": "This is from McKinsey's State of AI 2026 survey (published late August), not just a headline stat: 32% of organizations decided against an off the shelf purchase and built their own solution with agentic coding tools instead, 41% in tech specifically. Curious if anyone here has actually killed a rea", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-of-companies-skipped-buying-new-software-this-year-and-built-it-with", "canonical_source": "https://aiflash.com/news/119014/", "published_at": "2026-09-13 18:00:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-13 18:21:34.492770+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["McKinsey", "State of AI 2026"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-of-companies-skipped-buying-new-software-this-year-and-built-it-with", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-of-companies-skipped-buying-new-software-this-year-and-built-it-with.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-of-companies-skipped-buying-new-software-this-year-and-built-it-with.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mckinsey-32-of-companies-skipped-buying-new-software-this-year-and-built-it-with.jsonld"}}