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How did Anthropic do it?

Ara Kharazian
Economist, Ramp

Anthropic is still on a tear, with nearly one in four businesses on Ramp paying for Claude compared to one in 25 a year ago. OpenAI adoption fell by 1.5%.

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The AI Digest: March 18, 2026

A big Gemini navigation overhaul and a wave of Meta acquisitions.

Gayatri Sabharwal
Content Marketing
GPS GPT: Google launches an "Ask Maps" chatbot as Gemini-fication intensifies

Google is rolling out a Gemini-powered chatbot in Maps so that you can look up more than restaurant directions and the Starbucks.

Rebecca Moretti
Editorial Lead
The AI Digest: March 11, 2026

Big launches from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft, and the AI labs lean into security. Plus, the fight for “default AI."

Gayatri Sabharwal
Content Marketing
How does your travel policy compare? Ramp data shows what's standard

Business travel is still taking off, but how much should companies be spending?

Rebecca Moretti
Editorial Lead
Top SaaS vendors on Ramp (March 2026)

Our list of the fastest-growing and trending vendors based on Ramp's latest data shows compute and hosting providers for AI agents are on the rise.

Ara Kharazian
Economist, Ramp
AI's first substitution: freelancers

Firm-level spending on freelance marketplaces and AI model providers from 2021 to 2025 shows those that spent the most on freelancers shifted to AI the fastest.

Ara Kharazian
Economist, Ramp
The search shift: How AI is powering the rise of “AEO” startups like Profound

The rise of answer engine optimization is a leading indicator of the key role that AI chatbots will play in marketing and commerce. Get expert insights.

Rebecca Moretti
Editorial Lead
How AI gets built: Max Cook

Max Cook, Sector Head at Coatue, discusses AI infrastructure and energy investments.

Gayatri Sabharwal
Content Marketing
How I run finance solo at a hypergrowth startup

James Agius, financial controller for community platform Skool, explains how he's automated away much of the admin work to avoid growing headcount with scale.

James Agius
Financial Controller, Skool
Inside the rapidly growing, and surprisingly narrow, AI infrastructure market

Breaking down the market size, top providers, and most popular services underpinning the AI revolution — and whether open source is stealing market share from foundation models.

Ryan Stevens
Director of Applied Science, Ramp
Will Big Tech AI splurges pay off? New Ramp data shows paid adoption is up

Big Tech is spending hundreds of billions on AI — but will it pay off? New Ramp data shows paid AI adoption is rising, led by spend on OpenAI and Anthropic.

Rebecca Moretti
Editorial Lead

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