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THE NUMBERS CHECK OUT.

We're a young firm — so instead of parading NDAs we can't share, here's the published evidence behind the AI systems we build. Every metric on this page links to a primary source: a peer-reviewed study, a company press release, or a documented client case study. Click through and verify.

Customer service · Klarna + OpenAI

AI assistant handled 2.3M chats in one month — the work of 700 agents

One month after going live globally, Klarna's OpenAI-powered assistant took on two-thirds of customer service chats, matched human CSAT, and cut resolution time from 11 minutes to under 2.

2.3M
chats in month 1
700
FTE equivalent
11m → 2m
avg. resolution
Support operations · Stanford / MIT field study

AI copilots lifted support-agent productivity 15% across 5,172 agents

Brynjolfsson, Li & Raymond studied a staggered rollout of a generative-AI assistant to real customer-support agents. Issues resolved per hour rose 15% on average — with the largest gains for less-experienced staff.

+15%
issues/hour
5,172
agents studied
+34%
gain for novices
Knowledge work · Harvard / BCG experiment

Consultants using GPT-4 finished 12% more tasks, 25% faster, at 40% higher quality

A randomized field experiment with 758 BCG consultants — run with researchers from Harvard, Wharton, MIT and Warwick — measured what happens when knowledge workers get access to frontier AI on real tasks.

+12.2%
tasks completed
+25.1%
faster
+40%
quality
Service operations · McKinsey

Real gen-AI service deployments cutting handle time and lifting resolution

McKinsey's 2024 review of production gen-AI programs in service operations documents double-digit reductions in average handle time and meaningful lifts in first-contact resolution among disciplined adopters.

–10 to –30%
avg. handle time
+10 pts
first-contact resolution
2024
field data
E-commerce SMB · Pooldoktor (10-person team)

AI product consultation lifted revenue per visitor 18.75% — A/B tested over 6 months

A ten-person specialist retailer replaced advice-intensive chat overflow with an AI product consultant. The lift was measured causally in an A/B test averaged over six months, with a 33× ROI.

+18.75%
revenue / visitor
33×
return on investment
13s
avg. webchat response
SME operations · Vanda Coatings (Cardiff)

A single SME operator built an AI-powered ERP — and got 5 hrs/week back per team member

A Cardiff coatings SME rebuilt its operations around an AI-assisted ERP, resolving 30,000 data-duplication points and returning five hours a week per team member. Documented by smedigital.ai.

30,000
duplicates resolved
5 hrs/wk
per team member
25+ yrs
process knowledge captured

Note · The engagements above are published third-party results, not AI Optimal Solution client work. We reference them because they represent the same categories of AI system we design and deploy — conversational agents, support copilots, knowledge-worker assistants, and operational automations. Once our own client work is cleared to share, it will replace these entries.

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