# How perplexity uses Ramp

**163 hours**: “the team automates an average of 163 hours of finance work every month”

As published on [ramp.com](https://ramp.com/customers/perplexity). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [perplexity](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/perplexity.md)
- Tool: [Ramp](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/ramp.md)
- Industry: [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/artificial-intelligence.md)
- Teams: Finance

## What the story says

Perplexity's small finance team uses Ramp's vendor-specific corporate cards with preset spend controls, an Accounting Agent that auto-codes card transactions, and bill pay with dynamic approval routing. This lets them handle high transaction volume and month-end close without adding headcount.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Ramp and perplexity, not ours.

> Add it up: the team automates an average of 163 hours of finance work every month—roughly the equivalent of a full-time hire’s workload, redirected to more strategic work.

- **115 hours**: “The biggest driver is the monthly close, which Ramp compresses by roughly 115 hours per month.”
- **28 hours**: “That same Agent accounts for another approximately 28 hours of GL coding time saved each month.”
- **16 hours**: “The vendor-specific card program eliminates roughly 16 hours of monthly card administration.”
- **$5M**: “Combined with Ramp’s cashback on every card transaction, Ramp has generated over $5M in cumulative savings for Perplexity.”

> AI really multiplies the impact and efficiency of my team. It's freed us up to focus on more value-add tasks—partnering with the rest of the business to make sure they have the information they need to make strategic, informed decisions.
>
> Lauren Feeney, Controller

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 163 hours is printed word for word on the page, near the name of perplexity.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of perplexity.
- Checked: perplexity uses Ramp. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/perplexity-ramp · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology