▶ 49:40 · $RAMP · Ramp launches token spend management as enterprise AI costs surge 21x YoY

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Can the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans Datacenters

2026-07-18 · 15 company · 9 thematic

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speakers

Founder and CEO of Social Capital and a co-host of the All-In podcast. An early Facebook executive who became a prominent venture and SPAC investor.

david sacks

Co-founder of Craft Ventures and a co-host of the All-In podcast. Part of the PayPal mafia and founder of Yammer; active on AI and tech policy.

david friedberg

Co-host of the All-In podcast and a serial founder, including The Climate Corporation. Focuses on science, agriculture and deep tech.

jason calacanis

Angel investor, host of This Week in Startups and co-host of the All-In podcast. An early investor in Uber, Robinhood and Calm.

eric glyman

Eric Glyman co-founded Ramp in 2019 after selling his previous company Paribus to Capital One. He leads Ramp as a corporate card and finance automation platform that has surpassed $1B ARR and processes 2%+ of US corporate card spend.

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“Over the last year, I looked at the stats this morning, token spend among RAMP customers has grown by 21 times... 21 times. Not 21%, we're talking about 21 times... Part of what we're trying to do is make it easy for CFOs to see the spend,…”

—eric glyman

episode shorts · 3

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