Uber has imposed a $1,500 monthly spending cap per employee on AI coding tools like Claude Code to control costs after exceeding its AI budget. The limit applies separately to each tool, preventing overspending while still allowing engineers flexibility. This policy reflects Uber's effort to balance AI productivity gains with financial sustainability.

Uber has imposed a $1,500 monthly cap on per-tool spending for agentic AI coding software like Cursor and Anthropic's Claude Code, after exhausting its 2026 AI budget within four months. The limit applies separately to each tool, so usage of one doesn't count against another, and represents a roughly 11% slice of the median Uber engineer's annual compensation if applied to two tools.