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ROI model

Your Pathfinder ROI. See The Math First. 

A transparent model, not a lead-capture trick. Move the inputs, watch the assumptions change, and decide for yourself whether the numbers hold. Roughly 40%+ of the work a Pathfinder can own — finance, HR, sales, marketing, admin — is automatable with today's tooling. This prices what that means for you.

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The model

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Defaults reflect a mid-market team running the functions a Pathfinder typically owns. Recovery rates come from our own engagements — 44% without an AI layer, 62% with one. Adjust anything that doesn't match your reality.

Team size20
People whose work touches manual, process-heavy tasks a Pathfinder could own
Avg loaded salary$95,000
Fully loaded — salary, tax, benefits, overhead
Hours lost / person / week8 hrs
Manual reporting, reconciliation, chasing, re-entry
Pathfinders embedded2 seats
At $4,500 / month each, fully managed
AI build layer
Adds a one-time $14,500 engagement
Annual outlook
4,563
Hours reclaimed
hrs / year
$208,415
Cost recovered
per year
7.1
Payback
months
Current cost of manual work$336,154
Pathfinder investment− $108,000
AI build engagement (one-time)− $14,500
Net annual gain$85,915
Illustrative model based on 46 working weeks and a 2,080-hour year. Your actual numbers depend on process maturity, data quality, and how much of the recovered capacity you redeploy. We'll walk through your real inputs on the readiness consultation.
Beyond year one

The investment is flat.  The return compounds. 

Pathfinder cost is linear and the AI build is one-time — so the gap widens every quarter you keep operating. This is the same model as the calculator above, projected across two years.

Cumulative net gain, $000s

Default inputs: twenty people, $95k loaded, eight hours lost weekly, two Pathfinders, AI layer on.

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Cost split across two years
Pathfinder seats (recurring)$216k
AI build (one-time)$14.5k
Your existing toolingunchanged
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Recovery rate with AI

Of hours currently lost to manual work. Without an AI layer the same model recovers 44% — still positive, just slower.

How the model works

Three assumptions,  stated plainly. 

Every ROI calculator hides its assumptions. Here are ours, so you can argue with them.

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Manual work has a real hourly cost

We price lost hours at fully loaded salary divided by 2,080 — not base pay. If your overhead multiple is higher, the model is conservative.

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Recovery is partial, never total

We assume 44% of lost hours are recoverable through embedded talent and process alone, 62% when an AI layer is added. Nobody gets to 100%.

03
Investment includes the build

Pathfinder seats are priced at $4,500 monthly, fully managed and AI Academy–certified. The AI engagement is a one-time $14,500 that does not recur in year two.

Summit partners

Teams already  climbing with us.

Working with Summit360 has been a fantastic experience for Medsense Health. The Pathfinder supporting us has been exceptional — dependable, quick to adapt, and consistently delivers quality work. Because of the positive experience, we're onboarding another Pathfinder next week.
Joel Martin
Joel Martin
COO · Medsense Health