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Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale

Oct 27, 2026 SED Production 1:01:16

Companies raced to get their engineers using AI, then watched their AI bills start doubling every few months. Patrick Wendell, co-founder of Databricks, hit this problem early across thousands of his own engineers. He joins Kevin Ball to discuss why AI costs suddenly exploded and the practical levers companies have to bring them under control.

Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale

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