# Eric Glyman

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Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Eric Glyman (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Ramp) talking, from an interview on Inside Blackstone published Nov 3, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & Co-CEO, Ramp
- About: Co-founded Ramp, now used by 85,000 businesses and building AI tools to automate finance and manage company spend.
- On X: https://x.com/eglyman

## What Eric Glyman said

- [AI-intensive companies are growing and hiring faster](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-intensive-companies-are-growing-and-hiring-faster/)
  Inside Blackstone · Nov 3, 2026 · 5 min
  > “these firms, despite growing at these same rates, were hiring 12% more people than ones who did not or would adopt it later.” — Eric Glyman · [15:13](https://realalpha.app/v/cgXAk8pZ1uA/?t=913)
- [Token spend needs its own controls](https://realalpha.app/s/token-spend-needs-its-own-controls/)
  Inside Blackstone · Nov 3, 2026 · 3 min
  > “Many CFOs are lacking kind of the core capabilities to manage this third pillar of spend.” — Eric Glyman · [18:33](https://realalpha.app/v/cgXAk8pZ1uA/?t=1113)
- [Ramp hires for standout ability rather than a full checklist](https://realalpha.app/s/ramp-hires-for-standout-ability-rather-than-a-full-checklist/)
  Inside Blackstone · Nov 3, 2026 · 3 min
  > “And so when we're trying to build systems of extraordinary scale, this is who I'm calling first.” — Eric Glyman · [24:58](https://realalpha.app/v/cgXAk8pZ1uA/?t=1498)
- [Ramp tied its card business to customer savings](https://realalpha.app/s/ramp-tied-its-card-business-to-customer-savings/)
  Inside Blackstone · Nov 3, 2026 · 3 min
  > “What if we designed a business model where the more we help our customers save in terms of money and time, perhaps, the faster we would grow.” — Eric Glyman · [5:59](https://realalpha.app/v/cgXAk8pZ1uA/?t=359)
- [Ramp tracks organizational friction and resets its meetings](https://realalpha.app/s/ramp-tracks-organizational-friction-and-resets-its-meetings/)
  Inside Blackstone · Nov 3, 2026 · 2 min
  > “And one of the things we like to do is, often at the start of the year, we just cancel all the meetings.” — Eric Glyman · [9:50](https://realalpha.app/v/cgXAk8pZ1uA/?t=590)

## The episode

- [Ramp Co-Founder and Co-CEO Eric Glyman on AI Adoption, Jobs, and Token Spend](https://realalpha.app/v/cgXAk8pZ1uA/) · Inside Blackstone · Nov 3, 2026