20 August 2026

Uber's two-person teams deliver AI efficiency gains in 10-day sprints

• Uber spent its full 2026 AI budget in four months, prompting leadership to restructure how the company deploys AI tools.
• The company created Agentic Pods, small two-person teams working in 10-day cycles to build practical AI applications for internal use.
• One example: an AI system that generates financial reports in 10 minutes instead of two days, showing measurable time savings.

How it was covered

The Rundown AIRowan Cheung

Uber's CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga shared how the company pivoted after blowing through its 2026 AI budget in four months by creating Agentic Pods, two-person teams running 10-day sprints that delivered pragmatic wins like a financial pacing report in 10 minutes instead of two days. The newsletter argues this demonstrates that large enterprises must start with quick efficiency wins rather than expensive frontier model deployments.