‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
Key takeaways
- An Nvidia executive recently said that the cost of compute is now greater than the salaries of his employees.
- As enterprises blow through their token budgets, a big question is: Are companies actually spending more on AI than on humans?
- Not quite yet, according to fresh research from the Ramp AI Index, which measures the adoption rate of AI among American businesses.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
An Nvidia executive recently said that the cost of compute is now greater than the salaries of his employees. Last week, Mercor’s CEO said the startup is spending more on tokens for internal agents than on employee headcount.
As enterprises blow through their token budgets, a big question is: Are companies actually spending more on AI than on humans?
Not quite yet, according to fresh research from the Ramp AI Index, which measures the adoption rate of AI among American businesses. The top 1% of firms — which Ramp describes as “AI-pilled” — are spending $7,500 per employee per month. Whether you think that’s a lot or a little depends on your perspective, but it’s certainly not more than the roughly $16,000 per month the average software engineer makes.