Uber spent its entire 2026 AI budget in just four months on Claude Code and Cursor, two tools that became so valuable engineers couldn't stop using them despite skyrocketing costs. The ride-hailing giant's CTO revealed the company burned through its complete annual AI allocation, creating a situation where the tool proved too successful to afford at scale as engineers reported monthly API costs between $500 and $2,000 per person. How Claude Code Took Over Engineering Operations Uber rolled out C...