One Day, $1,000 in Tokens: An AI War Room for Legacy Code — Ford Prior, GEICO
GEICO spent $1,000/day in AI tokens to break legacy code's outer-loop bottleneck
“at least where I work, that step has been effectively erased”
GEICO senior engineer Ford Pryor describes how the insurer deployed managed AI agents to address the 'outer loop' of their SDLC after engineers had only 25% of time for major changes. As a Berkshire Hathaway risk management company, GEICO's willingness to invest $1,000/day in tokens signals AI-driven legacy modernization entering conservative, regulated industries. This practitioner case study from a non-tech Fortune 500 firm is a meaningful data point for enterprise AI adoption patterns.