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Guest Articles · October 11, 2026 · 1 min read

Outside Voices: The Earnings-Call Base Rate for AI Savings

Maricic's count of 919 financial-firm calls found almost no specific dollar figures.

Outside Voices: The Earnings-Call Base Rate for AI Savings

In the same Fortune commentary, Milos Maricic reports that across 919 earnings calls from 60 major U.S.-listed financial firms since January 2023, only S&P Global gave a specific AI savings figure, about $9 million a year. Among 100 non-tech, non-finance major U.S. companies, only FedEx did, citing over $180 million annualized.

He recommends listening in the October 13 and 14 bank earnings calls for a specific dollar figure stated on the call. These counts are the author's own tally from his own research.

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Source: Fortune

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