Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router
Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.
Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.
The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in November at $32 billion.
A survey compiled from fintech firm Ramp’s clients’ expense data shows 34.4% of participating businesses are paying for Anthropic services, more than any other AI lab, while only 32.3% pay for OpenAI.
Ramp has nearly tripled its valuation over the past year as investors scramble to grab a part of the fast-growing startup.
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That’s not more than an engineer’s salary — yet.
Anthropic’s popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.
“There were employees doing things like, ‘Claude is so helpful for me — it analyzes my calendar and my email and puts together a plan for me,’” he says. “That person was spending at a run rate of $30,000 a year for this.”
A new report finds “high-intensity AI adopters” saw headcount increase 10.2%. Among those companies, entry-level headcount rose by 12%, countering the rhetoric that AI kills junior jobs.