Ramp launches Glass, its in house AI workspace, to other companies after a single week in May when it spent $1.5 million on AI tokens

Context

Eric Glyman is Ramp's cofounder and co CEO, and his post is an X article announcing the launch, so it is first hand. Savings and usage figures come from Ramp. Access is through early signup.

Deep dive

On October 13, Eric Glyman published an X article titled Introducing Glass: Learn Things Once. He wrote that David Senra had asked him how Ramp moves so fast, and that the launch was the answer.

PYMNTS reported that, according to Glyman's post, Ramp built Glass after a week in May when it burned through $1.5 million in AI tokens. Glass is designed to turn company specific information into tools anyone in the organization can reuse, and 323 Ramp employees have made more than 6,500 edits to what it knows, the post said.

The post also said every request runs through Ramp Router, which picks the right model for the job, and that Ramp's own bill fell 30% overnight when it moved its work onto it. Crypto Briefing noted that the 30% figure applies to Ramp's own case and that outside companies should not assume the same savings.

Crypto Briefing reported that Glass sets itself up through single sign on, connects to a company's existing tools, shows the AI and the work side by side, and includes a marketplace of more than 350 reusable skills plus persistent memory across sessions.

What to expect next

Watch how many outside companies sign up for Glass and whether Ramp prices it as part of its spend management product or as a separate AI tool.

Also watch whether Ramp Router's cost savings hold up for other customers, since controlling token spend is becoming a major concern for companies using AI widely. Its rollout will also show whether a finance company can compete with the big AI labs and workplace software makers in selling AI workspaces to businesses.