Support’s share of classified AI spending rises to 13.3% in Ramp’s sample
Ramp’s new departmental data puts support and customer success at 13.3% of classified AI spending in October, up from 0.8% in June, while engineering accounts for 72%.
Support and customer success accounted for 13.3% of classified AI spending in Ramp’s October data, up from 0.8% in June.
Engineering still accounted for 72%. The new departmental breakdown was published November 11; total AI spending in the dataset rose 1.65% from September to October. [1]
This is evidence of spending reaching more business functions, not a measurement of productivity. The figures describe observed transactions and assigned departments. Ramp’s broader index covers payments from more than 85,000 US businesses on its platform; the departmental analysis uses a classified subset. Free tools and payments outside that sample are not captured. [1][2]
For a business considering its next AI deployment, support offers repeated requests with observable outcomes. A narrow trial can measure correct resolution, repeat contacts, escalation and human review time. Spending share identifies where firms are allocating money; those operating measures determine whether the allocation helps customers.
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- Ramp Economics Lab — November AI Index
November 11 release; October spending and new classified department shares.
- Ramp — AI Index and methodology
Payment-based sample, positive-transaction adoption definition and scope.
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Support and customer success rose from 0.8% of classified spending in June to 13.3% in October. Engineering accounts for 72% of October spending; the remaining 14.7% is calculated by subtraction.
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