New Delhi, July 13 -- Technology companies globally are becoming more tight-fisted about spending on artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Tesla recently capped employee spending on AI tools at $200 a week. Uber imposed a monthly limit of $1,500 per AI tool after exhausting its annual budget for Anthropic's Claude Code in just four months. Microsoft cancelled Claude Code licences for one of its engineering teams.

These moves signal a new phase in enterprise AI adoption. Businesses are questioning if productivity gains justify the rapidly rising bills. The debate is spilling into pricing models, infrastructure investments, hiring decisions and even geopolitics, as companies and governments search for ways to make AI productive and sustainab...