Ramp Data: Top 1% of Firms Spend 600x More per Employee on AI Than the Median
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-08-18
Ramp data shows the gap in corporate AI spend now exceeds 600x: the top 1% of companies by AI spend invest about $7,500 per employee per month, the top 10% around $660, while the median company spends only $12.
While AI budgets are rising across the board, companies adopting at scale are on an entirely different curve.
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