Data from a US enterprise spending management platform shows that in July, the median monthly AI spending per employee in the top 1% of companies reached $7,400, compared to less than $5,000 in June; for average companies, it was around $12. The growth primarily came from programming agents, which automatically break down tasks and repeatedly call models, transforming usage from "employees proactively asking questions" to 24/7 machine consumption.
Token consumption by high-adoption companies increased by 1001% year-on-year, while overall AI spending increased by 497%, indicating that usage has temporarily outpaced price reductions, exhibiting a rebound effect similar to "the cheaper it is, the more it is used."
