AI MVP Development: Real Cost, Timeline & Process (2026)

Dev.to AI
Generative AI

Four weeks sounds ambitious. It's not - if you define scope correctly. The founders who spend four months on an AI MVP aren't slower builders. They're people who added features they thought investors wanted, chose tech that sounded impressive, and kept delaying launch until the product felt "complete." None of those are build problems. They're decision problems. This article lays out a realistic 4-week sprint for AI MVP development.