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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 bargain: Guardrails on, Sora off, terms up

Agentic autonomy versus control, a pivot away from genAI video, and a fight for enterprise distribution among the AI labs.

Gayatri Sabharwal
Content Marketing
Corporate America will watch bad football. Bad baseball? Not so much.

Our latest research shows for most professional sports, corporate America will buy tickets regardless of how the team is playing. But in baseball, winning matters.

Ara Kharazian
Economist, Ramp
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
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

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