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Uber Caps AI Coding Tool Spending at $1,500 per Employee Monthly
Uber is limiting each employee to $1,500 in monthly token spending per agentic coding tool like Claude Code and Cursor, a policy response to burning through its 2026 AI budget in four months.
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SourceSimon Willison
Uber has instituted a $1,500 monthly spending cap per employee on agentic coding tools, according to a Bloomberg report citing an Uber spokesperson. The limit applies to tools like Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor, and spending on one tool does not count against the budget for another. This means ...
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