Tokenmaxxing, 2025-2026, RIP

• Tokenmaxxing - the trend born of Meta's leaked "Claudeonomics" leaderboard (top employee: 281 billion tokens in 30 days) - hit its backlash phase; Meta reportedly killed the internal leaderboard.
• Uber imposed $1,500/month AI spending tiers after blowing its annual AI budget in four months; startup Lindy moved 100% of traffic from Claude to DeepSeek.
• GitHub Copilot's June 1 switch to per-token AI Credits closed its first full billing cycle, confirming the projections: agentic users report effective costs 10-50x their old flat plans ($29 -> $750; $50 -> $3,000).
• GitHub is leaning on promotional credits through August rather than reversing course.

Sources: AI Socratic - July 2026 (Tokenmaxxing), AI Socratic - July 2026 (Agentic AI / Developer Tools)