Ramp Economics Lab
A think tank from Ramp. Studying how companies spend and operate, powered by real-time business spending data.
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Interactive Datasets
Updated Jun 2026
Ramp AI Index
Monthly measurement of AI adoption by American businesses.
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Adoption rate
55.0%
MoM change
+0.8 pp
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Updated Jun 2026
AI Jobs Impact Paper
Hiring change among AI-adopting firms
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Hiring growth among high-adoption firms
10.2%
Entry-level growth
+12.0%
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Updated Jun 2026
Ramp Spend Share Index
Monthly measurement of how business spending is distributed across categories.
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External staffing and contractors share
19.4%
YoY change
+2.9 pp
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Latest Research
Top SaaS Vendors on Ramp (July 2026)Ramp economist Ara Kharazian analyzes the latest Top SaaS Vendors rankings, where AI support bots, model serving platforms, and focused AI workflow tools show up in Ramp payments data.Jul 15
Our latest data on China vs. the American AI LabsRamp economist Ara Kharazian publishes the latest Ramp data on AI adoption, including a deep-dive into usage of Chinese and open source models.Jul 8
Companies hire more after AI adoptionUsing Ramp spending data linked to Revelio Labs workforce records, economists at Ramp and Revelio find that firms that adopt AI grow employment by 10%, including entry-level hiring.Jun 30
How much does it cost to be AI-pilled?Ramp economist Ara Kharazian publishes the latest Ramp data on AI adoption, a rebound for OpenAI vs. Anthropic, and the cost of being AI-pilled.Jun 26
Top SaaS Vendors on Ramp (June 2026)Ramp economist Ara Kharazian analyzes June Ramp data showing DeepSeek’s breakout growth, rising spend on open-source model access platforms.Jun 3
Anthropic beats OpenAI on business adoptionAnthropic just passed OpenAI in paid adoption rate for the first time, according to the latest Ramp AI Index. But Anthropic faces three underrated risks ahead.May 13