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AI now makes up 19% of total cloud spending in 2026. It was 8% in 2023. That's a lot of new budget flowing through the same cloud providers that run AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace, and Google Cloud Marketplace. And for ISVs building AI products, the timing is interesting. Enterprise buyers are actively looking for AI solutions they can deploy quickly, without months of integration work. The AI Agents category on AWS Marketplace already has over 1,100 listings. Buyers can find, evaluate, and purchase an AI product using committed cloud spend, without a separate procurement process. The distribution channel exists. The buyer's intent is there. The committed spend is already allocated. The ISVs moving fastest in this window aren't necessarily the ones with the best AI. They're the ones that got listed, got co-sell ready, and made it easy for buyers to say yes through the marketplace. Source: Flexera 2026 State of the Cloud