New enterprise AI sales question: are they buying you or planning to build you?
HaktanSuren · x · 2026-08-21
Developer @HaktanSuren poses a sharp question now facing enterprise AI sales: when a prospect evaluates your product, are they deciding whether to buy it — or whether to build it themselves? The one-liner captures how the build-vs-buy calculus is shifting for enterprise AI tools.
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