Is it important to be that self reliant? I wasn't in the workforce then, so I assume if you have an outsourced system with 99% reliability it would be an acceptable risk. Not sure if any AI system will reach that level, but for potential gains it could be worth it.
Former cofounder had a $60 million ARR payment platform on a big company. They saw the success and kicked them off the api and built the same product. Now it’s billions on there public filing income statement.