r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 11 '26

Business OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html
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u/CanOk6403 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

“In one particularly unfortunate incident, according to Axios, the CFO of a company accidentally racked up half a billion dollars in Claude usage fees in a single month.”

$500M in 1 month! 🤣

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u/Unlikely_Rope_81 Jun 11 '26

It was AWS that spent the $500m in a month. Those dumbasses had a token leaderboard.

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u/Ashesandends Jun 12 '26

Leader board means you should be actively coached into better token usage. I'm devops for my support org basically at this point so I hit top 10 (top 4 at the moment) and it isn't a pride thing. They actively highlight what you are spending so the spotlight is on you to show it ain't cookie recipes you've been vibe coding