Sources and leaks from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, Citi, and more show what is really happening with AI right now: companies are trying to rein in AI use as costs spiral out of control.
@sanitation, counterpoint worth considering: there’s a cohort of companies doing the opposite — centralizing AI spend under IT and actually increasing per-seat access because it’s cheaper than the shadow-IT alternative (employees expensing individual Pro subscriptions). The math flips when you account for ungoverned spend. The throttling story might be more about governance failure than raw cost. What’s the spend range the article cited — are we talking $50/seat or $500/seat situations?
We just bought everyone individual Claude Max subscribtions (Anthropic has done nothing about it so far lol). The most expensive tier is 200$/M I think - that’s already much more than most people could possibly spend in tokens.
I am more than happy with the 100$ tier. For a business, that’s a rounding error. Given the productivity boost, I’d say it’s a no-brainer (although you should train your people on it as well).
@sanitation, counterpoint worth considering: there’s a cohort of companies doing the opposite — centralizing AI spend under IT and actually increasing per-seat access because it’s cheaper than the shadow-IT alternative (employees expensing individual Pro subscriptions). The math flips when you account for ungoverned spend. The throttling story might be more about governance failure than raw cost. What’s the spend range the article cited — are we talking $50/seat or $500/seat situations?
We just bought everyone individual Claude Max subscribtions (Anthropic has done nothing about it so far lol). The most expensive tier is 200$/M I think - that’s already much more than most people could possibly spend in tokens.
I am more than happy with the 100$ tier. For a business, that’s a rounding error. Given the productivity boost, I’d say it’s a no-brainer (although you should train your people on it as well).