In the world of technology, 2026 is a moment of truth. The narrative of “cheap labor in Poland” has finally faded, while artificial intelligence has democratized software development. For CEOs and CTOs, this meansone thing: either your organization becomes a business partner that delivers margin—or it disappears in the shadow of automated code factories. 

In a recent episode of Euvic Talks, Wojciech Wolny, CEO of the Euvic Group, made it clear: Poland is no longer a developing economy. It is a developed one—and in the technology services sector, that means a fundamental shift in paradigm. 

For years, Polish IT grew on cost arbitrage—selling “hands for hire” cheaper than the West. Today, that model is hitting a ceiling. 

“We’ve crossed a critical threshold. Competing solely on a lower hourly rate is gradually becoming a thing of the past,”

Market context (2026): According to industry data, developers supported by advanced LLMs (Large Language Models) have increased productivity by over 40% compared to 2023. This means that code productionitself is becoming commoditized. As code becomes faster and cheaper to produce, its value as a standalone deliverable declines rapidly. 

C-level takeaway: If your IT provider still measures success by hours worked (Time & Material) instead of delivered business value, you are overpaying for a process that AI can already perform at near-zero marginalcost.