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When AI Spending Caps Become Permission Systems: Control Runaway Tokens Without Capping Experimentation

CTOs need AI spending controls. The wrong control surface can make engineers absorb production uncertainty and suppress the experiments that create leverage.

8 min read Magnus Hedemark

The Dark Factory Is Already Shipping

Three engineers, no human code review, $1,000 per day in API tokens. StrongDM's Level 5 software factory is already in production. The enabling techniques matter more than the AI.

8 min read

Token-Maxing Is Not a Strategy

Cursor spent $1.23 in API costs per $1 of revenue while Uber burned its entire 2026 AI budget. The difference is whether inference is your product or your cost center.

7 min read

Burn the Ships or Die of Legacy

Mutiny achieved 12x faster growth by replacing its own product with an AI-native version. The honest solution to the Innovator's Dilemma that most CEOs cannot execute.

8 min read