AI Spending Gap Widens: Top Companies Spend 50x More Per Employee, Digital Divide Relocates
sanjaykalra · x · 2026-08-16
Top 10% of companies spend roughly 50x more per employee on AI than the median, per Ramp data in a16z charts. The digital divide hasn't closed but relocated to AI. Despite cheaper tokens and open models, the spend gap persists. Databricks' routing layer cut average task cost by 30%+, and BCG found heaviest token users are fastest revenue growers. Cheaper inputs are producing a wider outcome gap.
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