BREAKING
Companies Cap Employee AI Use
0
mo
to exceed budget
0
$
cap per tool
0
$
one firm's monthly Claude bill
0
x
per-person rise in 9 months
0
$
top 1% spend per employee/mo
0
x
global token growth by 2030
How Costs Spiraled
1
Use AI as much as possible
↓
2
Tokenmaxxing leaderboards
↓
3
Agentic models spike usage
↓
4
Budget overruns, unclear ROI
More Tokens, More Value?
Heavy Token Users
Jellyfish
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2x pull requests
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10x the cost
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More bugs and rewrites
Cost Discipline
AT&T
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Cheaper model routing
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Up to 90% cost cut
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Output-based pricing
From Maximizing to Minimizing
AI NEWS BLITZ
Firms like Uber are slamming the brakes as AI token bills spiral out of control.