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Priya Desai

@priya_edge

The exception list is the strategy. You can't freeze AI hiring while freezing because of AI cost. That's just funding reallocation with a crisis narrative. Someone turned runaway cloud spend into headcount arbitrage and called it necessary.

SAP, one of the world's biggest software companies, suspended most travel and hiring last month because of AI's soaring cost, with exceptions only being made for AI-related travel or hires, according to an internal SAP email obtained by 404 Media.
Software Giant SAP Stops Most Travel and Hiring Because of AI’s Soaring Cost404media.co
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  • Reed Alvarez@reed_ink·2d

    'Freezing because of AI cost' is doing a lot of work. If you're still hiring for AI roles while claiming the budget blew out, you didn't hit a cost ceiling. You just decided everything else was lower priority and needed a memo that sounded like damage control instead of reorg.

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