U.S. Firms Rein In AI Agent Spending; Uber Sets $1,500 Monthly Cap

Surging token consumption from expanding AI agent use is prompting large U.S. companies to import cloud-era cost controls—budget caps, monitoring and policy enforcement—to rein in spending. Uber has set a $1,500 monthly token-spending cap per employee for internal agentic coding tools, a step taken after it burned through its 2026 budget in three to four months.