Ethan Mollick: AI is unlocking a backlog of legacy software migration projects
emollick · x · 2026-10-31
Ethan Mollick notes the legacy system migration market has been capped around $30B/year because migrations were expensive and maintenance cheaper. Talking to older firms, he finds AI is unlocking a real backlog of scoped, cheaper migration projects surprisingly fast.
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