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Ara Kharazian

Lead Economist at Ramp Economics Lab

Every podcast episode featuring Ara Kharazian that Attunex has found: 23 interviews and appearances across 18 shows between 2024 and 2026. Most often on TBPN (3), Prof G Markets (2) and Schwab Network (2). Follow Ara in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.

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Updated 2026-10-14.

  1. RenMac Off-Script: AI's Reality Check*
    RenMac

    Ramp's Ara Kharazian joins RenMac to unpack what actual corporate spending data reveals about the AI boom, including why 1% of companies account for 80% of enterprise AI spending and why rising usage…

    2026-10-09
  2. Why Big Tech wants more economists
    The Economics Show

    Tech companies are hiring economists to study how AI is reshaping work and society. But what happens when the companies building the technology also produce the research into its effects? Host…

    2026-10-02
  3. Anthropic Whistleblower Says AI Could “Kill Us All”
    Prof G Markets

    Ed Elson is joined by Alex Kantrowitz to break down whether mass extinction concerns raised by an Anthropic researcher should be taken seriously. Then, Patrick McGee joins to give his take on the new…

    2026-09-10
  4. The AI Series: Adoption Ramps Up
    Moody's Talks - Inside Economics

    In this episode of our AI series, Ara Kharazian, lead economist at fintech company Ramp, joins the Inside Economics team to discuss the state of AI adoption. Drawing on Ramp’s real-time business…

    2026-09-08
  5. How Farmgirl Flowers Grew Against the Odds and the OpenAI Hugging Face Security Breach
    Fortune DailyMentioned

    In today’s episode of Fortune Daily, we sit down with Christina Stembel, the founder of Farmgirl Flowers. She shares the unconventional journey of building her successful flower delivery service and…

    2026-08-26
  6. AI Spending Remains Concentrated as Lower-Cost Models Gain Popularity
    Schwab Network

    Ara Kharazian examines how U.S. businesses are adopting AI, noting that while AI usage is widespread, spending remains concentrated among a relatively small group of companies. He also discusses the…

    2026-08-14
  7. What Business Spend Data Really Says About AI Adoption
    The Interline Podcast

    Fifty-five per cent of American businesses now pay for AI. But what are companies actually buying, and who are they buying it from? And, more specifically, what does fashion need to know about the…

    2026-08-06
  8. Why The World Is Spending More On War
    Prof G Markets

    Ed Elson is joined by Steve Feldstein to break down why countries are pouring so much money into defense and what that says about the future stability of the world. Then, Zed Francis joins the show…

    2026-07-08
  9. AI Fact or Fiction: The Fable Ban, Tokenmaxxing, Saaspocolypse — With Ara Kharazian
    Big Technology Podcast

    Ara Kharazian is the lead economist at Ramp. Kharazian joins Big Technology to discuss how much companies are actually spending on AI and whether that spending is producing real value. Tune in to…

    2026-06-17
  10. #34 - Ara Kharazian
    Behind Good Content

    Ara Kharazian is the lead economist at Ramp, where he uses the company’s spend data to produce original economic research. Because Ramp sees how thousands of companies are spending in real time, Ara…

    2026-06-02
  11. Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet
    The a16z Show

    Originally aired on MTS segment, Monetary Matters, Jack Farley and Max Wiethe speak with Ara Kharazian, Lead Economist at Ramp, about what real business spending data says about AI adoption, why the…

    2026-05-25
  12. Ramp's Lead Economist on Anthropic, OpenAI, and Why SaaS Isn't Dying | MTS Live
    MTS

    Ara Kharazian joins MTS to discuss business AI adoption patterns, the dynamics of model competition, and what Ramp's spend data reveals about software market transformations. --…

    2026-05-20
  13. Cerebras Director on IPO and Inference, Andrej at Anthropic, SaaSpocalypse AI Index | Best Of 5/19/26
    MTS

    The best moments from MTS on May 19: Cerebras running Kimi K 2.6 at 1,000 tokens per second and the shift from training to inference, Ramp Economics data showing SaaSpocalypse is not yet in business…

    2026-05-20
  14. Ara Kharazian on the New Competitive Phase of Enterprise AI
    Schwab Network

    Ara Kharazian explains why U.S. business adoption of AI crossing 50% marks a major inflection point for enterprise software. He discusses how AI‑native, workflow‑embedded solutions are challenging…

    2026-04-15
  15. Beyond the Hype: What Ramp’s Spend Data Reveals About AI Adoption in Private Equity
    AI & PE: The Future of Value Creation

    Most conversations about AI adoption rely on surveys, stock market swings, or expert opinions. Ara Kharazian, Lead Economist at Ramp, has something better: real transaction data from thousands of…

    2026-04-02
  16. Kling Crosses 12M, China’s Aging Tech Problem, Thinking Machine Turmoil | Rich Greenfield, Jan Sramek, George Lewin, Ara Kharazian
    TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:20) - Kling AI Surpasses 12M Users (15:45) - China's Aging Tech Worker Crisis (23:12) - Rich Greenfield, a General Partner at LightShed Ventures…

    2026-01-21
  17. The New Year Reality Check: Who’s Really Adopting AI, w/ Ramp Economist Ara Kharazian
    AI-Curious with Jeff Wilser

    What’s actually happening with AI adoption inside U.S. businesses—and how much of the public discourse is just vibes? In this episode of AI-Curious, we dig into the hard numbers behind AI spend and…

    2026-01-01
  18. Talk Your Book: The Two Biggest Stories of the Year: AI & Tariffs
    Animal Spirits Podcast

    On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined…

    2025-11-08
  19. Ramp economist Ara Kharazian on how to go viral on LinkedIn | #8
    Ideas.

    This episode is a deep dive on B2B social media strategy with Ara Kharazian, Economist at Ramp (a fintech unicorn with customers like Stripe and Notion). Matt sat down with Ara to break down the…

    2025-10-28
  20. The Slow Burn of Tariffs & AI's Infiltration of Corporate America (ft. Ara Kharazian)
    The Rundown

    Ramp economist Ara Kharazian explores two powerful forces shaping today’s economy: the scattered implementation of tariffs and the increased AI spending by American businesses. Using spending data…

    2025-10-26
  21. Hustle Culture is Back in Silicon Valley. But Can Workers Sustain a 996 Grind?
    KQED's Forum

    According to San Francisco workers, the hustle culture of the pre-pandemic days has returned in the form of long working days and weekends at the office. So called “996 work”, which originates from…

    2025-10-13
  22. AI Adoption Trending Down for Large Companies, OpenAI Backs AI Animated Feature Film, China's Smart Glasses Domination | Avi Schiffmann, Sunny Madra, Scott Wu, Ara Kharazian, Zach Lloyd, Alex Cohen, Mati Staniszewski, Daniel Kao
    TBPN

    (00:25) - AI Adoption Trending Down for Large Companies (17:57) - OpenAI Backs AI Animated Feature Film (21:31) - Avi Schiffmann, the creator of the AI companion device "Friend," discusses the…

    2025-09-08
  23. Tyler Cowen, Ara Kharazian, Jan Sramek, Nvidia to Make AI Supercomputers in the U.S., What Apple Has at Stake in China, Trump Alters Course on Tariffs
    TBPN

    TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Eight Sleep - https://eightsleep.com/tbpn Wander - https://wander.com/tbpn Public - https://public.com AdQuick - https://adquick.com Bezel -…

    2025-04-14
  24. Restaurant Economics with Ara Kharazian
    Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant

    We’re delighted to welcome our first guest to FTOB, Ara Kharazian. Ara is the economic research Lead at Square where he spearheads research on consumer, labor, and business trains and developed…

    2024-08-29