Uber blew through a year's AI token budget in months; Intel VP says 80% of workloads could run on cheaper tokens
ryanshrout · x · 2026-09-26
Anil Nanduri, VP of AI Products and GTM for Intel's AI Data Center, says Uber blew past a year's AI token budget in a matter of months — and that such overruns are becoming the norm for enterprise AI spend.
- Nanduri estimates 80% of enterprise workloads could run on cheaper open-rate tokens
- Yet few companies currently price their AI consumption that way
A useful data point on enterprise AI cost structures: token consumption is growing far faster than budgets, and billing-model mismatches may be wasting significant money.
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