The Russian IT sector is experiencing a paradoxical surge. According to "Kommersant", citing Rusprofile, almost 37 thousand new IT companies were created in the country in the first half of the year – 64% more than a year earlier. In total, 273 thousand business entities were registered in the industry by the end of June. At the same time, according to Yuri Vasilenko, CEO of "GrafTech", many IT companies are simultaneously reducing staff by up to 30%.

Experts attribute the increase in the number of legal entities to legal restructuring and a lower barrier to entry into development. AI assistants allow small teams to launch products faster, and large companies are separating IT divisions into separate legal entities to receive benefits. The demand for accreditation is stable: over 500 organizations received it in six months, and the Ministry of Digital Development's register now contains over 21 thousand companies.

However, behind the registration boom lies a structural shift, not real employment growth. Some programmers are moving into outsourcing and registering their own companies; AI-generated code without secure development practices often contains vulnerabilities. The Ministry of Digital Development cites data from the Higher School of Economics: the number of specialists in the industry increased by 102 thousand in the first quarter and approached 1.2 million people. But experts interviewed by "Kommersant" insist: the key factor is the redistribution of personnel, not the creation of new jobs.