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

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Uber is limiting employees to $1,500 in monthly token spending per AI coding tool, according to Bloomberg. The cap applies to agentic coding software like Cursor and Claude Code after Uber exhausted its 2026 AI budget in four months.

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If enough other companies report the same, the bubble pops. 🫧20 days agoGary Marcus

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Quoting Natalie Lung13 days agoSimon Willison

Uber reportedly now caps coding agents at $1,500/month per employee per tool - seems sensible to me,...12 days agoSimon Willison

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