Ramp is trying to get the US government as a customer after seeing a tweet from DOGE

Expense management startup Ramp is being considered for a charge card pilot program by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The government’s internal expense card program, dubbed SmartPay, is a $700 billion program. It is estimated that the charge card pilot program contract for which Ramp is being considered is worth up to $25 million, according to a report by Pro Publica. Pro Publica claims that fintech Ramp has been lobbying for the administration’s attention since January, before President Trump was sworn in. In January, Ramp co-founder CEO Eric Glyman and Ramp VC investor Kyle Harrison wrote a blog post titled “The Efficiency Formula” in which they listed the ways they imagined the government could “eliminate inefficient spending.” Harrison is a general partner at the firm Contrary. The post seemed to be an appeal to Elon Musk’s government agenda — which would be formally created a few days later as the Departm ... Read full article.