Uber caps AI agent spending at $1,500/month per employee per tool

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Uber is capping employee AI coding tool spending at $1,500 per month per tool after exhausting its 2026 AI budget in four months. The limits apply to agentic coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code. Uber's president said it's "hard to draw a line" between AI spending and deliverable features.

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