# The Investigation Economy: AI Is Making Software Cheaper To Build And Harder To Explain

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-investigation-economy-ai-is-making-software-cheaper-to-b-38go>
> Published: 2026-09-09 10:30:00+00:00

# The Investigation Economy: AI Is Making Software Cheaper To Build And Harder To Explain

By Sanjay Gidwani, Forbes Councils MemberSource: 

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)
If you run technology for a company that's about to ship a great deal more software than it used to, the instrumentation matters more than the strategy. 

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