ROI doubts are increasing, Claude Code authorization is cut off at will, and AI budgets are also starting to tighten.

Reports say that after companies rolled out AI on a large scale, costs have kept soaring and more people have started questioning the ROI. Microsoft has canceled most Claude Code licenses, and Uber’s COO has also said that AI spending is hard to justify. An AI consultant said that one client spent $500 million in a single month because employees were not limited in their use of Claude. Industry insiders are warning that tokenmaxxing and organization-wide use could drive an explosion in IT costs, with employees querying simple questions using high-cost models. To cover the bills, some companies have even laid off staff.