Report: Microsoft and Meta slash internal Claude usage ahead of Anthropic IPO; token budgets cut 90%
thedealdirector · x · 2026-10-06
Unverified reports claim Microsoft and Meta are aggressively cutting employee use of Claude ahead of Anthropic's IPO: Microsoft reportedly cut internal Claude spend by over 33%, slashed per-employee token budgets from $100k to $10k per month, and forced Copilot to auto-route to cheaper models; Meta reportedly halved active Claude Code users from 60,000 to 30,000 after launching Muse, built with Claude Code. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was joked to "sue them for price-dumping his stock."
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