In this episode, we sit down with Eric Glyman, co-founder of Ramp, the company that revolutionized finance management to become a powerhouse valued at $7.6 billion.

Eric shares the tradition of counting the days since Ramp's founding and how it fosters a sense of urgency and productivity, explains the use of AI to automate expense management and fraud detection, and gives an inside look at Ramp's cutting-edge AI products, including the Ramp Intelligence Suite and experimental agentic AI use cases.

Ramp
Website - https://www.ramp.com
Twitter - https://x.com/tryramp

Eric Glyman
LinkedIn -   / eglyman  
Twitter - https://x.com/eglyman

FIRSTMARK
Website - https://firstmark.com
Twitter -   / firstmarkcap  

Matt Turck (Managing Director)
LinkedIn -   / turck  
Twitter -   / mattturck  

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This episode was recorded live at a recent Data Driven NYC, our in-person, monthly event series. If you are ever in New York, you can join the upcoming events here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/firstmar...

00:00 - Intro
01:49 - What is Ramp?
04:25 - How did the company start?
09:18 - Technical aspects of Ramp infrastructure
12:17 - "We can tell you if you're paying too much"
14:20 - Data privacy at Ramp
16:13 - Data infrastructure tools used at Ramp
17:58 - Traditional AI use cases
24:51 - GenAI use cases
27:47 - AI/human interaction
33:32 - Ramp Intelligence Suite
39:38 - How Ramp keeps high product release and product velocity
42:37 - How did Ramp get to product-market fit?
45:54 - Eric's perspective on building a company in NYC