NPV · IRR · Payback · 3-year DCF
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A 3-year discounted cashflow on the AI use case you're considering. Tune the inputs, watch NPV, payback, and IRR move in real time, then download the PDF for your finance team.
Defaults are calibrated against McKinsey, The State of AI in 2024 and Bain & Company, AI in Business 2024 — so the base case lands roughly where mid-market peers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul actually land.
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3-year NPV
US$1,061,544
Discounted at 12.0% / year. Implementation treated as up-front outflow.
- Payback
- 6.9 mo
- 3-year IRR
- 334.5%
- Year 1 net
- $360,000
- Year 3 net
- $570,000
Cumulative cashflow (36 months)
cyan above zero, red belowSensitivity: NPV vs efficiency gain (+/- 10pp)
| Scenario | Efficiency gain | 3-year NPV |
|---|---|---|
| Bear | 25% | US$682,786 |
| Base | 35% | US$1,061,544 |
| Bull | 45% | US$1,440,302 |
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Benchmarks calibrated against McKinsey, The State of AI in 2024, and Bain & Company, AI in Business 2024. Outputs are indicative; commission a paid assessment for a defensible business case.
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