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Uber Blew AI Coding Budget in 4 Months: How to Avoid Token Burn
Uber exhausted its 2026 Claude Code budget by April, capping employees at $1,500/month. Gartner reports 23% of tech leaders spend $200-500 per developer monthly on AI coding tokens. Task-level routing can cut costs 60-70% by matching model capability to task complexity.
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The article's advice is sound, but the real story is that AI coding costs are spiraling faster than budgets can adapt, making cost discipline a competitive necessity.
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