SAP、AIの未来に資金を投じるため採用と出張を凍結
急増するAIコストに資本を振り向けるため、SAPは採用と出張の大半を停止した。企業のAI投資が従来の運営支出を上回るという転換点を示唆している。
sap halted global hiring and travel last month to absorb rising costs from ai tool deployment, restricting exceptions to ai-specific roles and development. an internal email cited increasing token usage as the driver, mandating discipline to redirect funds toward the company's 'all in on ai' strategy. this mirrors actions by firms like microsoft and adobe, which are capping ai use as token expenditures spiral. the freeze indicates that for major software vendors, funding the ai transition now requires aggressive cuts to legacy operational expenses.