トークンコストの急騰で、Uberは2026年のAI予算を4月に使い果たす
エージェント型モデルの影響で、企業は3〜5倍のAIコスト超過に直面しており、導入から監査へのシフトを余儀なくされている。
enterprise ai spending is spiraling out of control, with companies reporting 300% budget overruns and renewals costing 4-5x more, leading to revoked licenses for tools like microsoft's claude code. this surge is driven by advanced agentic models like gpt-5.1 and claude opus 4.5, which have multiplied token consumption despite falling unit prices, leaving one company with a $500m bill due to missing usage limits. research indicates that while top token users are twice as productive, they cost 10x more, creating a crisis regarding roi and cost control. the linux foundation has launched the tokenomics foundation to address this, shifting industry focus from capability to efficiency.