🌽 Make Lyft Commodity Over $665K by Simply Automating Manual Data Entry

🏢 Client: Lyft Commodity

Industry: Commodity Trading (https://lyftcommodity.com/)

Team Size: 20 Traders

Challenge: High-cost, error-prone manual entry eating into traders’ time and company valuation

📉 The Manual-Entry Problem

Each trader at Lyft Commodity generates $250,000/year on average. With 47 working weeks and 40 hours/week, that’s an hourly rate of:

$250,000 ÷ 47 ÷ 40 = $132.97/hour

• 20 traders × $132.97/hr = $2,659.40/hr

• Each trader spent 30–60 minutes/day on manual transcription

• At just 30 min/day, the team lost:

  • $1,329.70/day

  • $6,648.50/week

  • $28,854.49/month

  • $346,253.88/year

💡 The Automated Solution

We built an AI-powered transcription & summary pipeline that:

1. Instantly transcribes voice notes or meeting recordings

2. Auto-summarizes key decisions, action items, and trade details

3. Tags & routes summaries to the right dashboards and CRM fields

4. Integrates directly with TherapyNotes (or any downstream system)

📈 Business Impact & ROI

1. Cost Savings

• Annual manual-entry cost avoided: $346,253.88

2. Time Freed for Revenue Generation

• 30 minutes/day saved per trader → 120 hours/year

• 20 traders × 120 hrs = 2,400 hours reclaimed annually

• At $132.97/hr → $319,128 potential revenue impact

3. Total Annual Benefit

$346,253.88 (cost saved)
+ $319,128.00 (opportunity value)
= $665,381.88

4. ROI Calculation

We measure ROI against the current manual-entry burden:

ROI = Total Benefit ÷ Annual Manual Cost
ROI = $665,381.88 ÷ $346,253.88 ≈ 1.92 → 192%

For every dollar previously spent on manual entry, Lyft Commodity now gets nearly $2 back in first-year benefit.

🚀 Strategic Advantages

🔥 Tech-Enabled Valuation Boost

Investors pay a premium for firms with modern automation. By embedding AI into core workflows, Lyft Commodity signals innovation, scalability, and lower operational risk—driving up company valuation.

💼 Focus on Closing Deals

Traders reclaim 10–20 hours/month to:

• Prospect and negotiate more contracts

• Deep-dive into market analysis

• Drive incremental revenue rather than wrestling with data entry

🛡️ Error Reduction

Automated transcription and tagging eliminates typos, mis-entries, and lost notes - improving compliance and audit readiness.

📞 Next Steps

Ready to transform manual drudgery into high-value trading time?

Let’s discuss building a bespoke AI intake and automation strategy for your team.