Uber caps AI tool usage at $1,500/month after blowing budget

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Uber is limiting employees to $1,500 monthly token spending per AI coding tool like Claude Code or Cursor. The rideshare giant exhausted its 2026 AI budget in four months, and COO Andrew Macdonald said productivity gains aren't proportional to costs.

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