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Corporate leaders are starting to question whether soaring AI spending is delivering meaningful returns.
Why it matters: Companies that rushed to embrace AI are now confronting ballooning IT costs, uncertain productivity gains and growing employee skepticism.
Driving the news: Microsoft canceled most of its Claude Code licenses, in part over costs, according to The Verge, and Uber’s COO said AI costs are getting “harder to justify.”
What they’re saying: The enterprise is undergoing a “healthy swing” away from AI overuse — or “tokenmaxxing,” the push to burn as many AI tokens as possible — Ali Ansari, CEO of model training firm Micro1, told Axios.
Friction point: Corporate AI adoption is running into four unique problems.
What we’re watching: Whether companies get more disciplined about AI use. Or overcorrect and clamp down.

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