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Claude Code creator says companies are right to focus on AI's ROI
Boris Cherny, a top Anthropic employee, said companies should ensure employees at all levels can surface AI gains — and then control costs.
TL;DR
- Companies should focus on the Return on Investment (ROI) for their AI spending.
- Encourage employees to experiment with AI tools without fear of penalty to discover valuable use cases.
- Cost control should be implemented on the backend after successful AI applications are identified.
- Innovative AI ideas can come from employees at all levels, not just management.
- Measuring AI ROI is evolving, moving beyond simple metrics like percentage of code written by AI.