Meta is spending so much on AI that it had to tell employees to stop using other people’s AI. The company is aggressively pushing its workforce toward proprietary tools like MetaCode while pulling back from third-party coding assistants, a move driven by a monthly AI bill that would make most CFOs physically ill.
Here’s the number that explains the urgency: Meta employees consumed 73.7 trillion AI tokens in a single recent month. At enterprise pricing, that translates to roughly $221 million per month, or about $2.65 billion annually.
The internal pivot and what it actually looks like
Rather than simply telling employees to use less AI, Meta is channeling usage toward its own tools. The company has developed MetaCode as its primary internal coding assistant and is making it clear that employees should use it instead of external alternatives.
This isn’t a suggestion. AI tool adoption metrics are now factored into employee performance evaluations. In English: how much you use Meta’s AI tools could affect your review, your rating, and presumably your continued employment at the company.
