Uber Burned Its Annual AI Budget in Just a Few Months

An unexpected turn at Uber: the money allocated for AI for the entire 2026 budget year ran out by April. It all comes down to the adoption of Anthropic's Claude Code tool. Initially, 5,000 engineers got access, and soon almost the entire team started actively using AI to write code.

As a result, 95% of developers regularly work with neural networks, and up to 70% of the code is created with their help 🤩

The problem turned out to be the price: the company pays per request. Active developers can 'burn' up to $2,000 per month, and inside Uber they even held competitions for AI usage. As a result, expenses spiraled out of control, but no one is planning to stop 🚀