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title: "This CEO's AI agent burned $1,000 while he was having dinner. He says that's not the real problem"
date: 2026-08-22
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description: "Maxio CEO Branden Jenkins was surprised to discover that his AI coding session had automatically charged him $1,000 over a weekend. But he says the bigger challenge of AI adoption is not runaway ..."
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# This CEO's AI agent burned $1,000 while he was having dinner. He says that's not the real problem

Maxio CEO Branden Jenkins was surprised to discover that his AI coding session had automatically charged him $1,000 over a weekend. But he says the bigger challenge of AI adoption is not runaway ...

*Published: 2026-08-22*