Manifest №001 / ClarkeysAI

Where the time
and money
leaks out.

ClarkeysAI finds the leaks in founder-led B2B companies between $5M and $50M in revenue, fixes the underlying process, and runs it with AI, so the business grows without adding headcount.

Revenue band
$5M–$50M
Avg. leak found
$280k/yr
Time to live
14 days
Founder
20+ yrs IBM
Aerial view of a freight container terminal at blue hour, rows of shipping containers and truck bays
FIELD / Freight terminal Live
The problem / 002

You're not
short on effort.
You're short on
throughput.

Most founder-led B2B companies at $5M–$50M run the same process they ran at $1M, just with more people doing it by hand. Every re-key, every waiting approval, every spreadsheet that should have been a system is a leak. You hire to cover the leak instead of fixing it. Then you hire again.

We find those leaks, fix the process underneath them, and put AI on the work that was eating your margin. Growth without the headcount line item.

Leak
Process
Fix
Redesign
Run
AI
Leak ledger / 003

A real ledger of leaks we've found.

Four from recent engagements in trucking and freight. Yours look different; they leak the same way.

Estimate yours
L-001 Active leak

Quote-to-cash drag

$ LEAK
$180k/yr

Manual quote assembly and approval routing adds 2 days to every bid and leaks 4% of revenue to discounting.

DepartmentSales ops
L-002 Active leak

Dispatch re-keying

$ LEAK
$120k/yr

Orders touched by hand across TMS, billing, and the driver app. Each touch costs $4 and adds 1 error per 50 loads.

DepartmentOperations
L-003 Active leak

Invoice reconciliation

$ LEAK
$95k/yr

Open carrier invoices matched by eye against POD. 12% dispute rate, 38-day DSO, one full hire buried in it.

DepartmentFinance
L-004 Active leak

Onboarding friction

$ LEAK
$60k/yr

New driver paperwork handled in email threads; 6-day average to first load, 11% first-90-day churn.

DepartmentPeople ops
Total recoverable in this ledger$455k / yr
The method / 004

Find it. Fix it. Run it with AI.

Three phases. Process first, always. AI only after the leak stops.

01

Find the leak

We map every workflow against the money and time moving through it. The leak is usually a hand-off, a re-key, or a decision waiting on a person.

02

Fix the process

We redesign the broken process first (roles, decision rights, exceptions) so the leak stops before any tool touches it. AI on a broken process just makes the leak faster.

03

Run it with AI

Only then do we automate: document extraction, quote drafts, exception triage, dispatch copilots. Headcount stays flat while throughput climbs.

Where we work / 005

Built for freight. Works for any B2B with repeatable workflows.

Most clients are in trucking, freight, and logistics. The method transfers wherever work moves through the same steps more than once.

01Trucking
Dispatch, driver settlement, carrier pay
96%
02Freight brokerage
Quote, tender, invoice reconciliation
94%
033PL & logistics
WMS hand-offs, billing accuracy
92%
04Last-mile delivery
Routing, POD, claims
88%
05Field service
Scheduling, parts, invoicing
85%
06Wholesale B2B
Order intake, pricing, AR
83%
Leak calculator / 008

Pick your lane. Size your leak.

Seven industries, seven calculators. Each one is built around the leaks that actually show up in that workflow. Move the sliders, get a live number.

Input manifest / Trucking
30
1 h
$75
0
$4,000
30 h

Starting values are examples. Move the sliders to match your business.

Leak ledger / Trucking
Estimated yearly leak
$157,500
Unbilled detention$112,500
Idle trucks$0
Manual dispatch and paperwork$45,000
● Outcomes / 006

What fixing a leak returns.

R-01
$280K
A year recovered for one distributor
R-02
40+ hrs
Back every week for one logistics client
R-03
20 hrs
A week freed per person from manual email and spreadsheets
R-04
20+ yrs
Inside IBM, Accenture, and SAP
Portrait of Greg Clarke, founder of ClarkeysAI
Operator · not consultant
The operator / 007

Greg Clarke.

20+ years inside IBM, Accenture, and SAP running process and systems work for large operators. ClarkeysAI is that same discipline, built for founder-led companies that can't afford a 200-person engagement.

TenureIBM · Accenture · SAP
FocusProcess before platforms
Ideal client$5M–$50M B2B, founder-led
DeliverableWorking AI, not a deck
Long-haul trucking freight yard at dawn with rows of dry van trailers
● Action required

Find your leaks before they find your margin.

A 60-minute Leak Review maps where time and money escape your business and hands you the fix. No pitch deck. Just a clear list of what is leaking and what to do about it.