The gap between AI-powered businesses and those still relying on manual processes is widening rapidly. While many organizations recognize AI’s potential, most struggle with a fundamental challenge: how to harness AI’s power without abandoning the systems and data that already drive their success.
The reality is stark. Companies successfully implementing AI are seeing transformative results McKinsey research shows that AI-enabled supply-chain management can reduce logistics costs by 15%, improve inventory levels by 35%, and boost service levels by 65%.
Meanwhile, organizations still debating AI strategy watch competitors pull ahead with faster decision-making, superior customer experiences, and operational efficiencies that seemed impossible just months ago.
Profound AI is changing this dynamic by making enterprise-grade AI accessible to businesses of all sizes—without forcing them to choose between innovation and infrastructure investment.
Real Business Value: Beyond the AI Hype
While the market buzzes with AI promises, smart executives focus on measurable business outcomes. The difference between AI that delivers results and AI that disappoints often comes down to one critical factor – integration with your existing business systems and data.
Most AI solutions force organizations to choose between innovation and infrastructure investment. They require costly migrations, complex integrations, or complete system overhauls that can take months or years to implement. Profound AI takes a different approach—one that enhances your current systems rather than replacing them. Here are examples of the transformative impact Profound AI could have across different industries:
Accelerated Decision-Making That Drives Revenue
Consider the challenge facing a regional financial services firm struggling with loan portfolio analysis. Their executives spend hours each week reviewing static reports, often making decisions with incomplete information due to the complexity of extracting data from their core IBM i systems.
By implementing Profound AI’s real-time analytics capabilities, organizations in similar situations could potentially see transformative results:
- Potential 43% reduction in loan approval times through AI-powered risk assessment
- Possible 17% decrease in default rates from enhanced data analysis
- Projected portfolio growth in the first year—without adding staff
These projected outcomes align with industry research showing significant productivity gains from AI implementation. A MIT research with Boston Consulting Group demonstrated 38% productivity gains when professionals leverage AI tools for complex decision-making.
The key differentiator? Profound AI doesn’t just provide AI capabilities—it integrates directly with existing business systems to unlock data that was previously trapped in complex interfaces.
Operational Efficiency That Impacts the Bottom Line
A mid-sized manufacturing company running on IBM i faces mounting pressure to optimize inventory while maintaining service levels. Their supply chain managers are often drowning in spreadsheets, struggling to predict demand patterns across thousands of SKUs.
Profound AI’s intelligent process automation could transform their operations:
- Potential 30% reduction in stockouts through predictive analytics
- Possible 15% decrease in inventory carrying costs via optimized reordering
- Projected annual savings of $1.5 million from improved resource allocation
These projections align with industry findings. According to McKinsey & Company, AI-enabled supply chain management has helped early adopters reduce forecasting errors by 20–50% and cut lost sales due to product unavailability by up to 65%
Moreover, PwC reports that organizations integrating AI into their operations anticipate strong ROI. In fact, nearly 70% of executives expect AI to increase operating profits by at least three percentage points by 2030, with supply chain efficiency cited as a top contributor
The key differentiator? Profound AI accesses live inventory data directly from existing systems, providing real-time insights without requiring data migration or system replacement.
Customer Experience Excellence That Builds Loyalty
An insurance provider with decades of policy data stored in IBM i systems struggles with customer service efficiency. Representatives spend valuable call time navigating multiple screens while customers wait for basic information.
By deploying AI-powered customer assistance through Profound AI, organizations could potentially achieve:
- Potential 70% reduction in routine customer inquiries handled through intelligent self-service
- Possible 33% cost savings per voice engagement due to faster resolution times
- Improved customer satisfaction scores from immediate access to comprehensive policy information
According to Gartner research, organizations report a reduction of up to 70% in call, chat and/or email inquiries after implementing a Virtual Customer Assistant (VCA), along with increased customer satisfaction and a 33 percent saving per voice engagement.
The breakthrough isn’t just deploying AI; it’s connecting AI directly to decades of valuable customer data without disrupting existing operations.
The Integration Advantage: Why Architecture Matters
These success stories share a common thread: they leverage Profound AI’s unique ability to integrate with existing business systems without requiring migration or replacement. This architectural approach delivers several critical advantages:
Faster Time to Value: According to a Forrester Total Economic Impact study commissioned by Microsoft, organizations using Azure API Management—a platform facilitating seamless integration, experienced a 50% faster time to market and a 315% ROI over three years. These benefits were driven by faster implementation and reduced integration-related costs.
Lower Implementation Risk: Traditional AI implementations often require migrating massive amounts of data, re-platforming entire systems, or rewriting decades of business logic—introducing delays, cost overruns, and operational disruption. These risks are particularly acute for businesses running on legacy systems like IBM i, where downtime or system incompatibility can derail critical operations.
Profound AI avoids these pitfalls by integrating directly with your existing systems. This architectural approach reduces exposure to implementation failures, ensures business continuity, and eliminates the need for risky “big bang” cutovers.
According to research from McKinsey & Company, nearly 70% of large IT transformation projects exceed their budgets, and over half deliver less value than expected due to integration challenges and execution complexity.
By enhancing proven infrastructure rather than replacing it, Profound AI minimizes those risks—preserving operational stability while unlocking powerful new capabilities. The result? A future-ready AI implementation without the fear of business disruption.
Higher ROI: Implementing AI solutions that integrate with existing infrastructure can lead to significantly higher returns on investment compared to full system replacements. For instance, organizations deploying AI-driven tools like GAINS’ machine learning-powered lead time prediction (LTP) tool have achieved substantial ROI. Border States, a wholesale distributor, realized a 976% ROI with a payback period of just 1.3 months after implementing GAINS’ LTP tool, which was delivered as a modular, plug-in solution, allowing the project to bypass internal IT constraints and go live nearly a year earlier than a traditional implementation.
This example underscores the financial benefits of integrating AI solutions with existing systems, highlighting the potential for rapid ROI and reduced implementation costs.
Beyond Technology: Strategic Business Transformation
What sets Profound AI apart isn’t just technical capability – it’s the strategic approach to business transformation. While other AI platforms require you to adapt your business to their technology, Profound AI adapts to your business reality.
Future-Proof Flexibility
Profound AI supports multiple commercial and open-source Large Language Models, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic. This vendor-agnostic approach ensures your AI investment remains valuable as technology evolves, preventing costly vendor lock-in situations.
Industry-Standard Connectivity
Profound AI now supports the Model Context Protocol MCP, the same open standard that industry giants like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic have adopted. This means your IBM i systems can now speak the same language as ChatGPT, Claude, and other leading AI platforms, connecting your decades of business logic directly to cutting-edge AI tools without custom development work.
Democratized Innovation
Our no-code development environment means your existing team can build sophisticated AI solutions without becoming data scientists overnight. According to McKinsey & Company, a single customer service chatbot can cost up to $2 million and take 9 months to develop, while Profound AI enables businesses to deploy AI agents within days. This democratization of AI development accelerates innovation while reducing dependency on scarce technical resources.
Enterprise-Grade Security
Security isn’t an afterthought in Profound AI, it’s built into the foundation. Unlike AI platforms that require you to expose sensitive data to external systems, Profound AI maintains complete control over your data while delivering powerful AI capabilities.
Our comprehensive security framework includes granular access controls that let you specify exactly which databases, tables, and columns AI agents can access. All interactions are logged for complete audit trails, supporting compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX.
Data never leaves your control. Profound AI connects directly to your systems without requiring data synchronization to external warehouses or cloud platforms. This approach not only enhances security but also ensures AI responses are based on real-time, accurate information rather than potentially outdated replicated data. For organizations in highly regulated industries, this level of control and transparency is essential for AI adoption while maintaining compliance and stakeholder trust.
The Competitive Imperative
The organizations leading their industries aren’t those replacing their business systems, they’re the ones enhancing proven platforms with modern AI capabilities. By combining operational reliability with transformative AI power, these companies create sustainable competitive advantages.
According to Gartner research, AI adoption has accelerated significantly, with organizations increasingly moving from pilot programs to full-scale AI implementations. The question is no longer whether to implement AI—it’s how quickly you can deploy it effectively while maintaining competitive advantage.
Industry Recognition Validates Our Approach
Profound AI has been named “Low Code AI Solution of the Year” by the AI Breakthrough Awards. Out of over 5,000 nominations from more than 20 countries, our platform stood out for solving one of enterprise AI’s biggest challenges.
Steve Johansson, managing director at AI Breakthrough, stated: “Profound AI revolutionizes the enterprise AI landscape by solving a critical challenge that other AI platforms overlook: seamless integration with legacy systems. Their approach enables organizations to modernize operations while preserving investment in existing infrastructure – truly democratizing AI for the enterprise market.”
Ready to Transform Your Business Operations?
The future belongs to organizations that can harness AI’s power while preserving what works. Profound AI makes this transformation possible without the risk, cost, and disruption of replacement strategies.
Don’t let your competition gain an insurmountable advantage. See how Profound AI can unlock new value from your existing business systems and data.
Discover why leading organizations choose Profound AI to bridge the gap between proven systems and AI innovation. Your business transformation starts with a single conversation—with your data. Ready to get started? Reach out to our AI experts at Futurization@ProfoundLogic.com.
