"There were employees doing things like, 'Claude is so helpful for me — it analyzes my calendar and my email and puts together a plan for me,'" he says. "That person was spending at a run rate of $30,000 a year for this."

"There were employees doing things like, 'Claude is so helpful for me — it analyzes my calendar and my email and puts together a plan for me,'" he says. "That person was spending…

Rippling's CEO says one employee was burning $30,000 a year on Claude. Here is what AI spend tracking actually means for small Sri Lankan teams and solo builders.