US Companies Curb AI Access as Costs Soar (heise.de)

• Atlassian, Adobe, Amazon, and Citi restrict AI access
• Atlassian AI costs tripled from $5M to $15M per quarter
• Citi temporarily blocked access to newer AI models

"Multiple large US corporations including Atlassian, Adobe, Amazon, and Citigroup are restricting employee access to AI tools or steering them toward cheaper models due to rapidly rising costs. Internal documents reveal a sharp policy reversal from earlier encouragement of maximal AI use. Atlassian reported AI costs tripling to $15 million per quarter, with a projected $120 million annually. Citigroup temporarily blocked access to newer Anthropic and OpenAI models. The trend indicates growing corporate scrutiny of AI spending and ROI."