AI token costs surge: Companies blow budgets, Linux Foundation launches cost standards…

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Uber blew through its entire 2026 AI coding budget by April; Microsoft revoked Claude Code licenses amid ballooning token costs. The Linux Foundation's new Tokenomics Foundation aims to bring cost discipline to AI tokens, similar to FinOps for cloud.

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TechCrunch·Rebecca Bellan

12 days ago