Monday, 3 August, 2026
From Budget Panic to Efficiency: Uber CTO Shares the Real AI Lesson
By TechShots Studio
After nearly exhausting Uber's 2026 AI budget in three months, CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga revealed that true productivity comes from redesigning complete workflows, not just speeding up individual tasks. By embedding "Agentic Pods"—short-term AI engineering teams—across departments like finance and marketing, Uber dramatically cut task times, moving past expensive "tokenmaxxing" habits.
Read full story at TIMES OF INDIA