Under 1% of the world pays for AI tools — software is not dead
sahilypatel · x · 2026-10-12
sahilypatel pushes back on the "software is dead" narrative: fewer than 1% of the world's population pays for AI tools, and most people have no idea what AI can do yet. He argues there's still a huge market for beautiful software that just works instantly instead of requiring hours of prompting. He also doubts a large share of people will ever build their own software—people don't even cook their own meals—and building the wrong thing costs time, money, and tokens.
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