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ROI Estimator

See what AI could realistically save your business each year, based on published studies. Not vendor projections.

ROI Estimator

What could AI save your business?

Estimates based on peer-reviewed research. Adjust the sliders for your team.

1100
$15$150

Conservative

$16K

/year

St. Louis Fed, 2025

Moderate

$41K

/year

Brynjolfsson et al., MIT

Optimistic

$73K

/year

Harvard/BCG RCT

Assumes 40% of work hours involve AI-automatable tasks (McKinsey Global Institute). Efficiency gains of 5–25% are drawn from peer-reviewed studies. Individual results will vary. A Clarity Session will give you a picture specific to your business.

About these estimates

Conservative (5.4%): St. Louis Federal Reserve, February 2025. Analyzed work-hour data across industries to measure actual productivity gains from AI adoption among knowledge workers.

Moderate (14%): Brynjolfsson, Li, and Raymond, NBER Working Paper. Studied customer service agents at a Fortune 500 company and found a 14% average productivity improvement from AI assistance.

Optimistic (25%): Dell'Acqua et al., Harvard Business School and BCG. Randomized controlled trial of 758 consultants found AI-assisted workers completed tasks 25% faster with 40% higher quality scores.

All estimates assume 40% of work hours involve AI-automatable tasks, per McKinsey Global Institute (2023). These are illustrative figures. A Clarity Session will give you a picture specific to your operations.

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