--- title: Atlassian puts its engineers on an AI budget as the cost... description: Atlassian is giving R&D engineers capped monthly 'AI wallets' ranging from $500 to $2,000, a response to runaway token spending dubbed 'tokenmaxxing.' The move... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/atlassian-puts-its-engineers-on-an-ai-budget-as-the-cost-of-tokenmaxxing-bites-vn11p7bvp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Atlassian puts its engineers on an AI budget as the cost of ‘tokenmaxxing’ bites | daily.dev og:description: Atlassian is giving R&D engineers capped monthly 'AI wallets' ranging from $500 to $2,000, a response to runaway token spending dubbed 'tokenmaxxing.' The move... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/atlassian-puts-its-engineers-on-an-ai-budget-as-the-cost-of-tokenmaxxing-bites-vn11p7bvp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Vn11p7BVp.png og:image:alt: Atlassian puts its engineers on an AI budget as the cost of ‘tokenmaxxing’ bites og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Atlassian puts its engineers on an AI budget as the cost of ‘tokenmaxxing’ bites **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Atlassian is giving R&D engineers capped monthly 'AI wallets' ranging from $500 to $2,000, a response to runaway token spending dubbed 'tokenmaxxing.' The move is ironic given the company cut 1,600 jobs to fund its AI-first pivot, and now must ration the same AI for remaining staff. Amazon and Meta have made similar moves, signaling a broader industry shift from maximizing AI usage to managing it as a real cost center. The debate centers on whether capping AI access limits productivity or simply eliminates waste. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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