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Karim Atiyeh - Building Ramp - [Invest Like the Best, EP.445]
My guest today is Karim Atiyeh. Karim is the co-founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest-growing finance automation platform in history, reaching over $1 billion in revenue in just over five years. Ramp is, of course, also our presenting sponsor, so I’m obviously very biased in how highly I think about Ramp and about Karim. But, this interview was not part of that sponsorship, I simply view Karim as one of the best operators active today. Ramp is building what Karim calls "self-driving finance"—using AI agents to automate everything from expense policy enforcement to invoice processing, eliminating the bureaucratic waste that plagues modern businesses. Karim shares his framework for moving from using AI as a productivity tool to programming AI as your actual product, with policy agents that un
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PatrickMy guest today is Karim Atiyeh. Karim is the co-founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest growing finance automation platform in history, reaching over a billion in revenue in just over five years. Ramp is of course also our presenting sponsor, so I'm obviously very biased in how highly I think about Ramp and about Karim, but this interview was not a part of that sponsorship. I simply view Karim as one of the best operators active today. Ramp is building what Karim calls self-driving finance, using AI agents to automate everything from expense policy enforcement to invoice processing, eliminating the bureaucratic waste that plagues modern businesses. Karim shares his framework for moving from using AI as a productivity tool to programming AI as your actual product with policy agents that understand context better than humans and improve continuously.
Our discussion captures the relentless iteration, speed and technical depth required to build generational companies in the age of AI. We explore his systematic approach to building consumer-grade experiences for business software, the psychology behind his divinely discontent management style, and why he believes technical founders will dominate this era because they can see the possibilities that others miss. Please enjoy my conversation with Karim Atiyeh.
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