Companies spend millions on AI use but can barely prove its impact

Sep 7, 2026 · Issue 6 · 1 source, 1 article

VentureBeat reports that companies are spending heavily on rolling out AI, yet almost none can demonstrate a return. It cites Uber, which gave its engineers Claude Code in December 2025 and tracked token consumption on an internal leaderboard.

Who is affected and how

CTO

Token consumption can be a misleading performance metric; impact should be measured by delivered results.

tech lead

Don't rank usage; measure lead time and defect rates.

Sources

• Companies are spending millions rewiring how AI gets used. Almost none can prove it's working. | VentureBeatventurebeat.com · Sep 7, 2026

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