Top 1% of firms spend heavily on AI while median spends pennies
Intrepid-Trainer7277 · reddit · 2026-08-16
Chart based on Ramp AI Index data shows extreme polarization in corporate AI spending: median companies spend very little, while the top 1% invest heavily in LLM subscriptions, agents, APIs, and GPU cloud, indicating most firms are still experimenting while a few have made AI a core operating expense.
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