BREAKING
Companies Ration AI as Costs Surge
0
quadrillion
tokens/month
0
x
year over year
0
%
spend tied to shipped code
0
+
companies studied
Cost per pull request by usage
Light AI use
0.28
Heavy AI use
89.32
Crackdown across Big Tech
Reining in
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Uber overran annual budget
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Microsoft restricted Claude Code
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Meta reviews duplicate tools
Tracking ROI
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Salesforce ties tokens to outcomes
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Klarna, CommBank rehired staff
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OpenAI plans cost controls
Shift to outcome-based AI spending
AI NEWS BLITZ
Big firms that rushed out AI tools are now clamping down as token costs blow up budgets.