Uber's AI bill got so high that it is now limiting Claude Code usage to $1,500: Report

Key points

• Uber has introduced spending limits on AI-powered coding tools used by employees, such as Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor, in an effort to manage costs after it blew through its annual AI budget in just the first four months of the year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
• The ride-hailing giant has capped employees at $1,500 per month in token spending for each AI coding tool, an Uber spokesperson told Bloomberg.
• This means that even if employees spend their AI tokens for one model, they can still use other coding software.
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• “We think this is all a pretty straightforward way to responsibly encourage agentic AI adoption and experimentation at scale across the company,”...