Uber Technologies Inc. is reducing its People and Places division by 23%, impacting senior roles in human resources, recruitment, and workplace facilities. This decision, made by newly appointed president Jill Hazelbaker, affects less than 1% of Uber's global workforce of 34,000 employees.

Uber is capping monthly token spending for employees at $1,500 per AI coding tool to manage costs. This decision follows the rapid depletion of its 2026 AI budget within four months.

Uber has implemented a monthly spending cap of $1,500 per employee for AI tools, including Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor. This decision follows a significant overspend on AI within just four months, with usage monitored through an internal dashboard.

Uber has exhausted its annual AI budget four months into 2026 and is questioning the returns on its investments. The company's president, Andrew Macdonald, stated there is no clear connection between increased token consumption for Claude Code and the delivery of more useful features to consumers.

Uber exhausted its entire 2026 AI budget within four months, primarily on Claude Code and Cursor. The company's CTO indicated that the tools became indispensable for engineers, leading to unsustainable spending.