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

MarketAnalystManagerDirector / VP
🇹🇼Taiwan
🇸🇬Singapore
🇯🇵Japan
🇰🇷South Korea
🇨🇳China
🇺🇸United States
🇬🇧United Kingdom
🇩🇪Germany

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 to take on mid-level engineering work

Mark Zuckerberg said that within 2025 Meta's AI will handle mid-level engineer–level coding, gradually absorbing new headcount needs.

Zuckerberg public remarks · Jan 2025

Microsoft

Up to ~30% of code now AI-generated

CEO Satya Nadella said roughly 20–30% of code in some projects is now written by AI; the company also ran multiple rounds of restructuring.

Nadella public talk · Apr 2025

Google

Over 30% of new code written by AI

On its earnings call, Sundar Pichai said AI-generated code keeps climbing past 30% and is now part of the standard development workflow.

Alphabet earnings call · 2025

Anthropic

Predicts AI will write 90% of code soon

CEO Dario Amodei publicly forecast that within months to a year, AI will write as much as 90% of all code.

Amodei public remarks · Mar 2025

Salesforce

AI agents consolidate 4,000+ support roles

Marc Benioff said AI already handles 30–50% of the work, using Agentforce agents to consolidate thousands of support roles and freeze some engineering hiring.

Salesforce earnings & remarks · 2025

Amazon

Signals AI will shrink corporate headcount

CEO Andy Jassy told staff that generative AI and agents will reduce Amazon's corporate workforce over the coming years.

Jassy all-staff memo · Jun 2025

Shopify

Prove AI can't do the job before hiring

CEO Tobi Lütke's internal memo requires teams to justify why AI agents can't do the work before requesting new headcount.

Lütke internal memo · Apr 2025

Duolingo

Goes 'AI-first' across the company

CEO Luis von Ahn announced an AI-first strategy, phasing out contractors for work AI can do and scaling content production with AI.

von Ahn internal letter · Apr 2025

IBM

AI agents replace ~200 HR roles

CEO Arvind Krishna confirmed AI agents took over hundreds of HR admin roles, with resources redeployed to engineering and sales.

Krishna interview · 2025

McKinsey

Internal AI platform used daily by 75% of staff

Its in-house generative-AI platform Lilli is now a daily tool for about three-quarters of staff, cutting research and deck-building time.

McKinsey public disclosure · 2025

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Enterprise AI-agent adoption surges

Microsoft disclosed that large numbers of enterprises are building AI agents with Copilot and Copilot Studio, with most of the Fortune 500 having adopted Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Microsoft public disclosure · 2025

AI PC

2025–2026 AI PC refresh cycle begins

Analysts expect NPU-equipped AI PCs to quickly become mainstream, with Copilot+ PCs and Windows 10 end-of-support driving large-scale enterprise upgrades.

Canalys / IDC estimates · 2025–2026

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.