AI Implementation
Rent an LLM API or Build Your Own AI Agent? A 2026 Enterprise Build-vs-Buy Framework
Renting a frontier API and owning your own agents aren't a binary — they're points on a curve that moves with scale. Here's an answer-first 2026 framework for when to rent, when to build, where the cost inflection point actually sits, and why the companies that cross the adoption threshold hire more, not fewer, people.