Ara Kharazian
Lead Economist, Ramp
Ara Kharazian is the lead economist at Ramp and writes the weekly newsletter Econ Lab on Substack. His writing and analysis of AI, business spend, and the economy has been covered in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NBC News, ABC News, NPR's Planet Money, Bloomberg, the Guardian and more. Ara previously led economic research at Square and was an economic consultant at Cornerstone Research.
Education
Tufts University
Expertise
AI trends, macroeconomic forecasting, labor economics, business dynamism
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Articles by Ara Kharazian
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Top SaaS Vendors on Ramp (November 2026)
Ramp economist Ara Kharazian analyzes the latest Top SaaS Vendors rankings for November 2026.
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Cracks in the AI Thesis Part 3
Ramp’s lead economist Ara Kharazian publishes the latest Ramp data on AI adoption in the monthly Ramp AI Index update for October 2026.
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Top SaaS Vendors on Ramp (October 2026)
Ramp economist Ara Kharazian analyzes the latest Top SaaS Vendors rankings for October 2026.
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Top SaaS Vendors on Ramp (September 2026)
Ramp economist Ara Kharazian analyzes the latest Top SaaS Vendors rankings for September 2026.
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Cracks in the AI Thesis Part 2
Ramp’s lead economist Ara Kharazian publishes the latest Ramp data on AI adoption in the monthly Ramp AI Index update.
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AI companies are using influencers to market like consumer brands
Ramp’s lead economist Ara Kharazian publishes data that shows a 3.75x increase in spend on creator / influencer marketing since 2023, led by AI companies.