Devin adds hierarchical budgets to manage AI spend along company lines

At a glance

Devin, the AI software engineer, launched hierarchical budgets that let enterprises manage AI spending to match how they are organized. Admins give ACU budgets (Devin's unit of usage) to department leaders, who then set and approve usage limits for their sub-teams.

Key points

1. 1

   Child budgets can sit under the company-wide budget, up to three levels deep.

2. 2

   Each budget can have its own monthly limit, a temporary bump for the current monthly cycle, and per-user limits.

3. 3

   Department heads see and manage only their own budgets, and requests for higher limits go to them.

4. 4

   Setting aside a dedicated budget for a project such as security hardening lets companies track that spending separately.

Why it matters

Companies with heavy AI use can split cost control by department and project without one admin managing every user's limit.