--- title: Microsoft tells employees to stop tokenmaxxing, sets... description: Microsoft EVP Jay Parikh has instructed employees to curb AI token consumption, coining the term 'tokenmaxxing' as something the company is explicitly not... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-tells-employees-to-stop-tokenmaxxing-sets-division-level-ai-budgets-xw4sk8fpc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft tells employees to stop tokenmaxxing, sets division-level AI budgets | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft EVP Jay Parikh has instructed employees to curb AI token consumption, coining the term 'tokenmaxxing' as something the company is explicitly not... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-tells-employees-to-stop-tokenmaxxing-sets-division-level-ai-budgets-xw4sk8fpc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Xw4sk8fPc.png og:image:alt: Microsoft tells employees to stop tokenmaxxing, sets division-level AI budgets 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. # Microsoft tells employees to stop tokenmaxxing, sets division-level AI budgets **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft EVP Jay Parikh has instructed employees to curb AI token consumption, coining the term 'tokenmaxxing' as something the company is explicitly not optimizing for. The company has switched its default internal AI model to a cheaper OpenAI alternative and introduced formal division-level AI token spending caps as of July 2026. Engineers can track usage via an internal dashboard, with many spending hundreds to thousands of dollars monthly. This follows Microsoft's earlier cancellation of most Claude Code licenses in its Experiences and Devices group. The move mirrors a broader industry trend — AT&T, Meta, Uber, Walmart, Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, and Citi have all introduced AI spending controls. Despite per-token prices falling ~98% since 2022, enterprise AI bills have tripled due to agentic tools consuming far more tokens per task. The shift signals enterprise AI moving from an experimental phase into a procurement discipline. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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