Uber Imposes Monthly AI Spending Limit for Employees

Uber sets $1500 monthly AI spending limit per employee for coding tools.

Uber has set a $1500 monthly limit per employee for the use of AI services. The restriction applies to coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, according to Bloomberg.

Expenses for each service are tracked separately. Employees monitor their spending through an internal dashboard and can request additional funding in special cases.

Uber stated that the limits are intended to help “responsibly” develop experiments with agent AI within the company. According to Bloomberg, the measure was introduced in recent months and applies only to programming tools.

The decision followed a rapid increase in internal AI usage. In April, Uber’s CTO Pravin Nepalli Naga reported that the company had already exhausted its annual AI budget. Previously, Uber encouraged employees to use AI “as much as possible” and compared teams based on activity in internal rankings.

In May, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi stated that about 10% of the company’s code changes are generated by AI agents. He noted that the use of such tools has increased not only among developers but also in legal and marketing teams.

Uber also announced that it will slow down hiring, considering the impact of internal AI application.

Uber COO Andrew Macdonald acknowledged that the company still finds it challenging to directly link the rise in AI spending to the emergence of new useful features for customers. He mentioned that such a connection might become clearer in the future, but it is currently difficult to establish even with the growth of internal metrics.

Back in November 2025, Uber launched a driverless taxi service in Abu Dhabi.