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AI Spend Per Employee Slumped at Top Firms in August

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AI adoption by businesses slowed in August, with only 56% of Ramp customers paying for AI products, a marginal increase of 0.4% from July. The average AI spend per employee in the top 1% of firms fell nearly 10% to $7,205, indicating potential concerns about revenue growth in the AI sector.

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The average AI spend per employee in the top 1% of firms decreased nearly 10% compared to previous months.

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56% of Ramp customers paid for AI products in August, rising just 0.4% from the month before.

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The average token costs have declined to $0.68 per million tokens, down from a peak of $1.15 in March.

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Only 6.4% of AI-spending businesses used model-serving or inference platforms in August.

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AI spend per employee slumped at top firms in August — summer doldrums or a warning sign?

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