Uber CTO Shows How Claude Code Can Blow Up AI Budgets

Uber’s surging use of AI coding tools, particularly Anthropic’s Claude Code, has maxed out its full year AI budget just a few months into 2026, according to chief technology officer Praveen Neppalli Naga. “I'm back to the drawing board because the budget I thought I would need is blown away already,” Neppalli Naga said in an interview. Neppalli Naga’s comments highlight the challenges for companies trying to take advantage of new AI tools while also keeping costs under control.