Ten questions to ask before anyone builds you software with AI

Anyone can now ask AI for an app, and many do. In May 2026 researchers found thousands of AI-built apps showing private data to anyone with the address. Under each question is what a good answer sounds like. Copy them, share them, and ask us all ten.

1. Who checks the code before it goes live?

Every change gets a separate review

AI writes fast and sounds sure of itself even when it is wrong. If nothing checks it independently, nobody knows what it does with your customers’ details.

2. What stops one customer seeing another customer’s records?

They can show you, not just tell you

This is a common fault in AI-built apps. Ask to see it tested: log in as one customer and try to open another’s page.

3. Where is my data kept, and who can get at it?

A place and a list of people

“In the cloud” is not an answer. You should hear which country, which company, and exactly who holds a key.

4. Has anyone tried to break it on purpose?

Yes, before launch, and here is what they found

Software that has only ever been used politely has not been tested. Ask what was tried and what was fixed.

5. Is there a backup, and has anyone restored from it?

Daily, and restored at least once

A backup nobody has ever restored is a hope, not a backup.

6. Which AI was used, and was my business data fed into it?

They name the AI and what it was shown

Your customer list should not end up in somebody else’s training data. There are settings that prevent it, and whoever builds your software should be able to name them.

7. What happens when it breaks?

A person, a way to reach them, and a time

Everything breaks sooner or later. The question is whether anyone understands it well enough to mend it.

8. How is it changed when my business changes?

Small changes are small jobs

If every change means starting again, the software was never understood by the people who made it. It should grow with you.

9. If we part ways, do I get the code and my data?

All of it, in a form somebody else can pick up

If the answer is no, you are renting your own business back.

10. What is in writing before work starts?

The quote, the date and what is included

A promise made on a call is worth what it is written on.

Ask us all ten.

We are AI specialists, and we answer every one in writing.

What happens next

  1. 1You describe the problem in your own words.
  2. 2You get a fixed quote in writing, with a completion date.
  3. 3You see it built, then it goes live. Your data stays yours.