Ramp Co-Founder and Co-CEO Eric Glyman on AI adoption, jobs, and token spend

Want to know how companies are really using AI? Follow the money.

Over 85,000 companies use Ramp to manage their business spend, giving it a unique view into where corporate dollars are actually going. Co-founder and co-CEO Eric Glyman shares what that data reveals about AI, including where AI spending is taking off and why the companies using it most are hiring more, not less. He also explains why he bets on "spiky" people, how Ramp made spend management cool, and more.

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Time stamps (full transcript available here)

• 00:00 — Welcome to Inside Blackstone
• 01:13 — Economic Weather Report
• 04:07 — Eric Glyman Comes Inside Blackstone
• 05:02 — What is Ramp?
• 05:46 — A Corporate Card Built to Reduce Spending
• 06:29 — Navigating Rapid Growth
• 10:29 — What Spending Data Reveals About AI Adoption
• 14:42 — How AI is Impacting Hiring
• 17:17 — Token Spend = The Third Pillar of Business Spending
• 18:53 — US Economic Outlook
• 19:35 — Will AI Replace Enterprise Software?
• 20:32 — How to Make Spend Management Cool
• 22:20 — Why Ramp Hires Spiky People
• 25:40 — The Debrief 

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