Walmart Caps Code Puppy Use With Token Limits as Employee Demand Surges

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 1

Walmart has ended unlimited access to its internal AI tool Code Puppy, giving employees a fixed allotment of tokens instead.
High demand drove the change, according to people familiar with the matter, highlighting the retailer's effort to manage AI-computing usage as adoption rises.
Code Puppy helps staff handle tasks including spreadsheets and presentations, making it a broad workplace tool rather than a niche coding assistant.
The move shows how large companies are recalibrating AI rollouts, balancing employee uptake against the cost and capacity of running generative tools.

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