Coinbase Cut Its AI Spend in Half Without Throttling Engineers - Here's the Playbook

Coinbase halved its AI spend while token usage kept growing exponentially. CEO Brian Armstrong posted the breakdown on X this week — five concrete levers, no access caps, and 91% of engineers never hit the old usage limits. That last point matters. This isn't a story about restricting developers. It

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