below; I'm genuinely curious how everyone's handling this.
A year ago the "spend problem" was just SaaS subscription tools you signed up for, forgot about, and kept paying for. Annoying, but at least the bill was predictable.
Now there's a newer version: AI spend. One shared OpenAI or Anthropic key and a few teammates building features, and suddenly the bill tripled, and nobody's quite sure who or what caused it. It's usage-based, so it moves fast and quietly.
So I'm asking the people who'd actually know: