GoKawiilMicrosoft Employee Spent $28,000 on AI Tools in a Month, Internal Data Shows
A leaked internal Microsoft spreadsheet revealed that one employee in the Customer and Partner Solutions unit racked up $28,000 in AI usage costs over a 28-day period, dwarfing the company-wide median of about $300. The disclosure came after Microsoft added an 'AI $ Usage Per Month' tracking column to its compensation data, exposing wide disparities in spending among roughly 350 employees who reported figures.