For much of the past year, corporate America urged employees to embrace generative AI. Now, some of its biggest names are discovering there’s a catch: the bill.
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has become the latest company to put guardrails around employee AI usage, capping spending for most workers at $200 per week after encouraging broader adoption of AI tools, according to The Information. The move comes just weeks after Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) imposed a monthly spending limit on employee AI usage after reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget in just four months.
Together, the two companies point to what may be the next phase of enterprise AI adoption. The challenge is no longer convincing employees to use AI—it’s figuring out how to pay for it.
Tesla, Uber Signal a Shift in AI Spending
According to The Information, Tesla’s new policy allows exceptions for employees who can justify higher AI spending, but establishes default limits as AI usage expands across the company.
