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by lunar_mycroft 7 days ago
Uber is not the only company that's putting a per-developer limit on AI spending. I know this because I work for another one (and we have a significantly lower limit). You just heard about Uber first because they're high profile.
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I didn't say they were the only company, I said they were the "first signal".

The more signals the better! What cap did your company pick, and what geography / kind of industry are you in?

(Sorry I'm being vague, but I'm not sure I'm not sure what's public knowledge)

The cap is moderately above the high subscription tiers, and managements/the executives were clearly extremely concerned about how expensive it would be if we all or even mostly came close to hitting it. I heard that they originally wanted to go lower but the developers in the pilot program blew past their planned limit very quickly.

As for the company, its almost entirely B2B SaaS (I think it has some offerings that are used by consumers, but they're mostly/entirely paid for by another business on behalf of their customers), and they have developers all over the world, although the headquarters and biggest group of developers is in silicon valley (my office is in the midwest).