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Jay Hill / Sam Bushman
$500 Million on AI in One Month: The Real Cost of Uncapped AI Access | 06-12-26
24 minutes Posted Jun 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
Intro
The $500 million AI spending story
Anthropic valued at $1 trillion
Is $100/month for AI actually worth it? The honest math
AI productivity: should employees share the gains?
Back from break: AI agents move beyond chat
The real difference between AI and automation
Arena data: #1 use of AI agents is software development
"Fan out": multi-agent research and the token cost
Agents lie 8% of the time — what that really means
Defining tasks: what computers think vs. what we think
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Sam Bushman and developer Ben Bushman break down the jaw-dropping story of a company that burned $500 million in a single month after giving employees uncapped access to Claude. Is AI actually worth the cost? Sam and Ben do the honest math on ROI, productivity gains, and what businesses should really be paying per employee. Plus: Anthropic hits a $1 trillion valuation, AI agents are now the #1 tool in software development, what "fan out" means and why it'll blow up your token budget, and why agents falsely report completed tasks 8% of the time.
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