QUICK VALUE CALCULATOR
Quick value calculator
What's it worth to bring AI into your day-to-day operations? Adjust a few numbers and instantly see your first use case's potential financial impact — no email required, no waiting on a sales call.
Why now is the optimal time to deploy
APAC knowledge worker (avg.)
US$11–45 / hr
vs
North American knowledge worker
US$85–150 / hr
Same AI tools. Same automation rates. Your ROI multiple is actually higher.
The lower your starting labor cost, the more impactful the same automation savings become — translating to shorter payback periods and higher ROI multiples on identical deployments.
Scenario
Your numbers
Cases per month
5,000 cases
Avg. handling time per case
45 min
AI automation rate
80%
Hourly labor cost
US$ 30
Annual value estimate
US$ 1.1 M
Potential annual cost savings
3,000 hrs
Hours saved per month
18.8 FTE
FTE equivalent
1 months
Estimated payback period
* A simplified estimate for initial reference only — based on the typical automation rate for "Financial services · Loan document review." Actual impact depends on your current process and data quality; for a full assessment, book a 90-minute workshop.
MARKET REFERENCE
Knowledge worker hourly rates by market
Click any cell to pre-fill the calculator's hourly labor cost
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01
Pick your scenario
Choose an industry and the closest use case, and we'll bring in that scenario's typical automation rate.
02
Adjust your numbers
Case volume, handling time and labor cost — drag the sliders and watch the impact in real time.
03
Book a workshop to validate
90 minutes to turn the estimate into a scoped, shippable use case and a 6–8 week roadmap.
INDUSTRY SIGNALS
Why leading companies moved first
Meta
AI replacing mid-level engineering roles
Mark Zuckerberg told employees in January 2025 that AI will handle mid-level engineer functions, eliminating equivalent headcount growth.
All-hands · Jan 2025
AI writes 25%+ of new code
Sundar Pichai confirmed AI is now a core part of Google's standard development workflow — not an experiment, a daily norm.
Q1 2024 earnings call
McKinsey
Internal AI platform used by 75% of staff
In-house Gen AI platform Lilli drives 30% efficiency gains on knowledge tasks and is being integrated into core consulting workflows.
McKinsey 2024 Annual Report
CONTACT
Turn the estimate into
numbers you can ship
Bring your process. By the end of the 90-minute workshop you'll have a use-case scope, an ROI estimate, and a 6–8 week delivery roadmap.