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Share of Ramp's SaaS-adopting customers that paid a GPU-compute vendor in the year to August 2026, vs share paying for an AI application

9.8% vs 78.4%observed

Value kindobserved — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range.
ScopeRamp customer sample, not the market. Hyperscalers excluded from the adoption breakdown. GPU-vendor spend reached nearly 80% of AI-application spend in the same period (whether hyperscalers are excluded from that ratio is not stated).
As of2026-08
SourceRamp, Who is buying and selling GPU compute, 2026-09-22
Reviewchecking…review by 2027-03-22 · fast cadence
Recorded changeslast 2026-10-19
Claim idramp-gpu-compute-vendor-adoption-2026-08

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