“AI makes it dramatically easier to write software. It does not make it easier to run enterprise software. Those are two very different problems, and most of the cost lives in the latter,” said SAVVI AI CEO, Maya Mikhailov.
“The moment you internalize building software, you also inherit security, compliance, uptime, integrations, and 24/7 support. It sounds good in theory, but costs and complexity will squarely land on the bottom line,” she added.
According to Collin Hogue-Spears, technical expert at Black Duck Software, there are also questions about AI’s reliability. “OpenClaw went from zero to 135,000 exposed instances in weeks because it executes workflows fast. It does not produce audit evidence, satisfy license obligations, or generate the compliance documentation that a regulator demands before that code ships,” he said.
