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Boing Boing AI · FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026

A Company Spent $500 Million on Claude in 30 Days. This Was Not the Budget.

The invoice was correct. The approval workflow was not designed for invoices of this size, because no one had designed it for invoices of this size. The algorithm had a productive month. Adequate notes that things tend to accelerate.
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