Glyman: Cutting unneeded corporate spend beats offering higher card rewards
Eric Glyman · Ramp founder Eric Glyman on the many ways AI is changing corporate spending · Feb 17, 2026 · at 56:50
Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp, explains the core thesis behind Ramp's finance automation compared to traditional corporate card rewards models.
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“If you just try to say, I'm gonna have a better rewards program sure, maybe you can get that customer, you know, a dollar or a dollar 10 back, or some amount that pales in comparison to just helping them just like not spend that hundred dollars, like cancel the subscription. The economic leverage of that activity is much higher.”
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