Building, not merely using, is the yardstick in Ramp's evidence: a four-level AI-native ladder signalled for all employees. Competent users tweak GPTs and internal tools, non-technical builders ship apps that automate part of their job and can commit code with AI, and systems builders create AI infrastructure that accelerates the whole team, while the disengaged are bluntly told they are unlikely to last.
L3 Systems builder. Building AI infra and skills that accelerate everyone on the team.
L2 Non-technical builder. Builds an app that automates part of their job. Can commit code using AI tools.
L1 Competent user. Tweaks GPTs, projects, and internal AI tools. Experimenting, but hasn't automated real work yet.
L0 Disengaged. Sometimes uses ChatGPT. These people likely won't be at the company long-term.
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