Gartner: Software Spend Now $1.44 Trillion in 2026, Revised Back Up to 15.1%. The Slowdown Never Came. Are You Grabbing That Budget?

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Gartner now projects global software spending will reach $1.44 trillion in 2026, up 15.1% after a series of upward revisions. That growth implies roughly $190 billion of net new software spend this year, with GenAI model spending more than doubling and data center/AI infrastructure driving much of the lift. Price inflation still consumes ~9% of IT budgets, leaving roughly 6% of net-new discretionary software spend and concentrating demand on AI-enabled features. If you run a B2B SaaS company, benchmark growth at 15.1% or higher, prioritize monetizable AI features, and adjust product, pricing, and GTM to capture the expanding budget.

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