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Today’s show:

*Eric Glyman of Ramp joins us to share the fintech unicorn’s growth secrets AND their Lab full of research data.

On TWiST, Jason and Alex chat with Eric about Ramp’s counter-intuitive mission — helping startups spend LESS money — PLUS they take a deep dive into the company’s treasure trove of startup trend data. Why is there a huge spike in unemployed recent college trends? Is “static team size” as a big a story as Jason and Alex think? What does it actually take to get companies to adopt AI Agents? The answers all might be in these Ramp numbers.

PLUS Eric joins us for some hot Founder Q’s, and what’s going on with all this Y Combinator drama? We’re sifting through the angriest tweets for the inside scoop.

FINALLY, Jason recommends some of his favorite startup accelerators of the moment (aside from his own) including…

• PearX
• Arc from Sequoia
• Antler
• Speedrun from a16z

Timestamps:

(00:02:18) The 72-hour rule strikes again: Trump’s China’s tariff reversal

(00:03:10) Why crypto got hit even HARDER than the stock market post-Trump announcement

(00:07:32) Market manipulation “at a scale we’ve never seen before…”; what does this mean for everyday investors?

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(00:12:55) Ramp CEO Eric Glyman swings by to update us on his fintech unicorn’s growth and their “Lab” for research data

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(00:21:40) Is “static team size” a real trend? What the Ramp data shows…

(00:26:25) Ramp’s “counter-intuitive” mission: to help companies spend LESS money, not more.

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(00:38:07) WHY the huge spike in unemployed recent college grads? Especially among the guys?

(00:49:16) What it actually takes to get companies to adopt AI agents into their processes

(00:52:25) Why Jason thinks Eric is a top-tier TWiST guest. We’re going through the metrics…

(00:54:05) There’s YC drama on social media now… we’re spilling the tea.

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