Uber COO: AI ROI not there yet as company blows through 2026 Claude Code budget by April. Macdonald says higher token usage hasn't produced more useful features.
Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said in an interview that AI spending is getting harder to justify as the company's entire 2026 Claude Code budget was already spent by April, sparking internal debate about token consumption and head count pressure.
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