# Rippling launches AI Spend Console to track employee AI usage and ROI after million-dollar monthly costs > Source: > Published: 2026-08-09 20:05:14+00:00 # Rippling launches AI Spend Console to track employee AI usage and ROI after million-dollar monthly costs According to TechCrunch, Rippling released AI Spend Console after spending millions on AI in months without visibility into which employees and teams were driving costs. The tool tracks individual and team employee AI spending and ROI, representing an emerging product category for visibility into enterprise shadow AI spend. ## Topics ## Sources - Press [Read article](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/after-rippling-blew-millions-on-ai-in-months-it-built-an-employee-roi-tool/) ## Go deeper This intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.