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Uber burned its yearly AI budget in 4 months
insights 12 May 2026 1 min read

Uber burned its yearly AI budget in 4 months

Uber spent in 4 months what it had planned for the whole year on AI. Here are 5 numbers from the report almost nobody is looking at.

Uber spent in 4 months the entire AI budget it had planned for the year. And not because they miscalculated.


This is happening in many companies right now. AI gets bought before anyone learns to control it, and by the time the bill arrives, it's too late.


At Olek AI Studio we just released the first report of the Olek Insights series. There are 5 numbers almost nobody wants to look at:


62% of code written by AI has serious security flaws.

57% of people in companies are already using AI without permission, and sensitive data ends up on external servers.

When a team delegates everything to AI, they lose 17% of their understanding of what they're actually doing.

Duplicated code multiplied by 8 during 2024.

And fixing errors takes 19% longer in teams that scaled AI without auditing it.


AI works great when you need to start a project fast. But when it comes to scaling, it breaks.


That's why we built our own tools. AIMAITAI is our AI engine and runs locally, never sending anything to someone else's cloud. OAS Dash is our modular CRM, where your data stays yours.


The one who wins long-term isn't the one who automates more. It's the one who controls what AI is actually doing.


If you want to know how your AI stack looks, we'll audit it for free. Fill in the form at olekai.studio and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.

One letter a week. Just solutions, no filler.

One AI architecture broken down, one snippet from the 2026 stack, one business fork.

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