Microsoft staff are burning a median $300 a month on AI, according to their own spreadsheet

Microsoft employees report a median AI spend of about $300 per 28-day period, with individual expenditures ranging from $134 to $28,000. Team medians are $975 for CoreAI, $526 for Security, and $490 for Microsoft AI. Business Insider found no meaningful link between AI spend and bonuses, merit raises, or promotions. The self-reported data comes from roughly 350 of the company’s 223,000 staff.