Uber COO Andrew Macdonald: It was becoming harder to justify AI costs within the company.
Higher token usage did not translate into a proportional increase in useful consumer features.
CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga in April: Uber had already blown through its Claude Code budget for 2026.
AI tokenmaxxing 😦
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai-token-spending-harder-justify-2026-5
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Higher token usage did not translate into a proportional increase in useful consumer features.
CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga in April: Uber had already blown through its Claude Code budget for 2026.
AI tokenmaxxing 😦
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai-token-spending-harder-justify-2026-5
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