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'AI-pilled' firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.
TL;DR
- Some executives report AI compute costs are now higher than employee salaries.
- The top 1% of U.S. businesses spend $7,500 per employee per month on AI.
- This AI spending is not yet greater than the average software engineer's salary.
- The top 10% of firms spend about $611 monthly per employee, while the median spends $11.38.
- AI spending among the top firms grew by 14.1% per employee last month.
- Leading firms often use multiple frontier models and platforms, including cheaper open-source options.