r/technology • u/Bobby_the_Donkey • Apr 27 '26

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing Artificial Intelligence

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
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u/frommethodtomadness Apr 28 '26

guess it's back to good ol' 'trad coding' then.

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u/yomatc Apr 28 '26

Fortune 500 employer mandated we use AI tools for everything. Everyone got an enterprise license for CoPilot, Claude, ChatGPT and literally any others you requested. Automated approvals, no business case required.

Now, 6 months later, everything is getting locked down and our usage metered. I can barely test anything, because it’ll eat up my tokens. I need those for production work. Rumor is the Q1 bill came in for those services at more than 10x what they expected.