Ramp Economics Lab

Corporate America is going to discount gyms

New data shows American companies have cut wellness budgets by 20% since 2023, and employees have responded by shifting their workouts to cheaper gyms…

Nov 13 • 

Ara Kharazian

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Elon Musk is winning a revolution against Delaware

Delaware is losing its default status for new company incorporations. After Elon Musk announced his intentions to move his companies out of Delaware…

Nov 4 • 

Ara Kharazian

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October 2025

Why tariffs are so confusing

Government data is dead! Long live government data.

Oct 9 • 

Ara Kharazian

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Are we in an AI bubble?

And the first-ever projection from Ramp Economics Lab

Oct 8 • 

Ara Kharazian

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September 2025

Health care companies are looking more like tech companies

Industry spend data shows they may be modernizing faster than we think

Sep 24 • 

Ara Kharazian

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How the UN and Fashion Week Send NYC Hotel Prices Soaring

I told you this was a fashion blog now

Sep 17 • 

Ara Kharazian

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OpenAI growth rebounds following GPT-5 launch

And hello to my new readers. This is a fashion newsletter now.

Sep 11 • 

Ara Kharazian

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San Francisco tech workers are working Saturdays now

Ramp data shows San Francisco tech workers are increasingly working long hours associated with a new working culture called "996."996 is real

Sep 8 • 

Ara Kharazian

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August 2025

Construction and manufacturing are down. Should we be worried?

Two strategic sectors are flashing warning signs

Aug 27 • 

Ara Kharazian

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Business AI adoption grew 2% in July

In Ramp data, but a surprise drop in from U.S. Census estimates

Aug 15 • 

Ara Kharazian

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Why I joined Substack: a data-driven approach

Introducing a newsletter from Ramp Economics Lab on how America's most efficient businesses spend their money, and what we can learn from them

Aug 13 • 

Ara Kharazian

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May 2025

Hex doubled its market share in 2 years

Buying data science software

May 28 • 

Ara Kharazian