Ramp data: Anthropic captures 60.5% of business AI token spend as US adoption hits 55.9%
scaling01 · x · 2026-11-04
Ramp's monthly AI Index, built from transaction data across 85,000+ US businesses (data through Sep/Oct 2026):
- Vendor share: In the week ending Oct 23, Anthropic captured the largest share of business AI token spending at 60.5%; total token spend rose 8.9% vs the same week last month.
- Adoption: AI adoption reached 55.9% of US businesses in September, up 0.6pts MoM and 12.1pts YoY. By vendor: Anthropic 43.8%, OpenAI 40.6% (+1.1pts, fastest growth), xAI 4.1%, DeepSeek 0.3%, Mistral 0.2%.
- By sector: Information 79.9%, Finance & Insurance 73.7%, Manufacturing 60.9%; Construction grew fastest (+1.9pts to 43.2%).
- Spend divergence: Among firms paying for AI, the top 1% spend a median of $9,567.53 per employee per month vs $15.70 for the median firm; top 10% at $813.43.
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