Uber COO Andrew Macdonald criticizes tokenmaxxing amid rising AI costs and limited productivity, sparking debate in Silicon Valley.
The tokenmaxxing backlash has begun
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Charles Rollet
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Uber CTO previously noted that the Claude Code budget for the entirety of 2026 had been spent by April.
Operations chief Andrew Macdonald said he's not seeing proportional productivity gains from increasing AI costs within Uber.
The race to integrate artificial intelligence into the workplace has become one of the most significant trends in the technology…
Andrew Macdonald said rising token costs from Claude Code aren't translating into more consumer features, while the company has…
A new dynamic has emerged in the AI thesis that deserves serious consideration...
Breaking: “Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said he’s not seeing proportional productivity gains from increasing AI costs.”
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