# The Pulse: a trend of trying to cut back on AI spend within eng departments?

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> Published: 2026-05-28 16:57:38+00:00

# The Pulse: a trend of trying to cut back on AI spend within eng departments?

### Top-down and bottom-up efforts to rationalize AI token spend, interesting AI coding stats from Cursor, GCP suspends $2M/month customer without warning, and more

*The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me.*

Today, we cover:

**New trend? ROI questions for AI investments.** I talked with engineering leaders at mid-sized and large companies, where spending on AI agents is being dampened via per-engineer mont…