企业在AI方面的支出在过去一年中激增了13倍，导致严重的预算超支，其中优步在短短四个月内就耗尽了其年度AI预算，而另一家公司在一个月内就花掉了5亿美元购买Token。虽然中位数企业客户每月为每位员工支付的AI费用仅为11美元，但前1%的支出大户平均每人的月度账单高达7,450美元。

为了应对螺旋式上升的成本，企业正在终止鼓励员工最大化Token使用量的激励措施，并采用更具成本效益的模型选择。例如，使用落后一代或开源的模型可以将成本降至前沿模型价格的二十分之一，甚至四百分之一。

企业还在实施严格的支出上限，例如优步对每位员工每个编程工具每月限制1,500美元的额度。尽管软件供应商和云提供商正在推出预算管理服务，但模型制造商在预期上市后可能会提高价格，这可能会进一步推高企业的账单。

Corporate AI spending has surged 13-fold over the past year, leading to severe budget overruns, with Uber depleting its annual AI budget in just four months and one firm spending $500 million on tokens in a single month. While the median corporate client pays just $11 per employee monthly for AI, the top 1% of spenders rack up average bills of $7,450 per person.

To combat spiraling costs, companies are ending employee incentives to maximize token usage and are adopting more cost-effective model selections. For example, using lagging-edge or open-source models can reduce costs to one-twentieth or even one-four-hundredth of a leading-edge model's price.

Firms are also implementing strict spending caps, such as Uber's monthly limit of $1,500 per coding tool per employee. Although software vendors and cloud providers are launching budget-management services, potential price increases from model-makers following their expected public listings may further inflate corporate bills.

Source: Companies are scrambling to curtail soaring AI costs

Subtitle: For the heaviest users, tokenmaxxing is losing its appeal

Dateline: 6月 18, 2026 03:17 上午