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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Ramp Economics Lab insights, cited by leading business publications.
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Interactive Datasets
Updated May 2026
Ramp AI Index
Monthly measurement of AI adoption by American businesses.
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Adoption rate
54.2%
MoM change
+1.2 pp
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Updated Apr 2026
Ramp Spend Share Index
Monthly measurement of how business spending is distributed across categories.
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Software & IT share
12.8%
YoY change
+1.6 pp
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Latest Research
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 9
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
Top SaaS Vendors on Ramp (May 2026)AI inference platforms and web deployment tools dominate this month’s list of the fastest-growing SaaS vendors among Ramp customers.May 6
The death of SaaS has been greatly exaggeratedDespite much conversation about a "SaaSpocalypse," Ramp data shows that traditional SaaS vendors have not moved to a consumption-based pricing model.Apr 23
Ramp customers grow revenue 3.2x faster than the average American businessBusinesses that adopt Ramp grow revenue at 15.9% per year — 3.2 times the rate of the typical U.S. firm. That figure reaches 19.1% for highly engaged Ramp customers.Apr 16