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Uber COO Andrew Macdonald says: Use of Claude Code and ChatGPT has increased productivity by 25%, but sees no direct link as yet to them adding more useful consumer features
Uber’s chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald says the company’s use of AI coding assistants like Calude Code and ChatGPT has increased the internal productivity by about 25%, but he also admits there is no direct link yet to delivering more useful consumer-facing features. According to a report by Fortune, speaking on the Rapid Response podcast, Macdonald explained that while AI adoption has sped up development, it’s difficult to measure how those gains translate into new features for riders and drivers.
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businessinsider.com
Uber's COO says it's getting harder to justify the money spent on AI tokenmaxxing
Operations chief Andrew Macdonald said he's not seeing proportional productivity gains from increasing AI costs within Uber.
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tomshardware.com
Uber chief warns no link yet between AI tokenmaxxing and shipping successful products — company pumps the brakes on all-out AI spending
Uber CTO previously noted that the Claude Code budget for the entirety of 2026 had been spent by April.
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Uber COO Andrew Macdonald says AI 'tokenmaxxing' is becoming harder to justify
The race to integrate artificial intelligence into the workplace has become one of the most significant trends in the technology industry. The incorporation of AI technology has…
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qz.com
Uber COO Andrew Macdonald says AI spending hard to justify
Andrew Macdonald said rising token costs from Claude Code aren't translating into more consumer features, while the company has already burned through its 2026 AI budget
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garymarcus.substack.com
If enough other companies report the same, the bubble pops. 🫧
Breaking: “Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said he’s not seeing proportional productivity gains from increasing AI costs.”
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fortune.com
Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months. Now its COO is questioning whether it's worth it | Fortune
The rideshare giant's COO says “it’s very hard to draw a line” between rising AI costs and useful features for customers.
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gizmodo.com
AI Investment Is 'Harder to Justify' as Productivity Returns Lag, Uber COO Says
The productivity returns and the financial commitments are not correlating yet, according to Uber COO.
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theinformation.com
Uber COO Says AI Lacks ROI
Many corporate leaders say they’re getting value from AI as their spending on it skyrockets, but hype is outpacing reality in plenty of cases.On a podcast over the weekend, for…
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Uber COO Andrew Macdonald says: Use of Claude Code and ChatGPT has increased productivity by 25%, but sees no direct link as yet to them…
Uber’s chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald says the company’s use of AI coding assistants like Calude Code and ChatGPT has increased the internal productivity by about 25%,…