SilkFlo is a Value Realization Platform that helps enterprise Finance and Innovation teams justify, govern, and measure the ROI of AI and technology initiatives. It provides a single platform to capture AI use cases, build data-driven business cases, track portfolio performance, and prove financial outcomes — replacing spreadsheets and disconnected tools with one unified system of record.
Your AI programme is live.
Your board wants proof.
Built for Heads of AI and Finance Directors accountable for evidencing benefits realisation across the portfolio. SilkFlo is the AI Value Realization Platform, the independent financial governance layer connecting Copilot, RPA and agentic AI investment to board-ready proof of return.
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Trusted by leaders accountable for AI investment return
29%
of executives can confidently measure AI ROI in 2026. Futurum Group: most boards are defending spend with vendor metrics, not P&L proof.
THE MOMENT
Most enterprises are now in Year 2 of Copilot, RPA and agentic AI. The pilot phase is over. Boards have moved from “invest” to “prove what it delivered.”
£12M
In savings identified by Aviva UK
In 21 days · At £865 cost · 90x cheaper than consulting
600%+
Year 1 ROI on SilkFlo itself
Modelled for a 5-user CoE team · £85k value on £12k investment
60%
Reduction in manual ROI reporting
~15 hours returned per Business Analyst per month
The core problem
The Value Realization Gap
Organisations spend millions on AI and automation. Most cannot close the loop between what those investments promised and what they delivered to the balance sheet. Vendor dashboards report adoption metrics. Spreadsheets contain the original forecast but are never updated after deployment begins.
Spreadsheet chaos
Use cases tracked across Excel, Miro and email. No single view of the AI portfolio and no standard intake process.
Funding the wrong projects
Approvals based on who argued loudest, not which initiative delivers the highest portfolio return.
Zero portfolio visibility
No board-level view of which AI initiatives are on track, at risk or realising value. Delivery health is invisible.
Unproven tech spend
Deployed projects with no post-live financial tracking. The original business case was filed at approval and never revisited.
Reporting paralysis
Heads of AI spend up to 20% of their time building PowerPoint reports to defend budgets they cannot audit.
71%
of executives cannot confidently measure AI ROI
They are defending spend at board level with vendor-reported capability metrics that do not connect to a P&L line. (Futurum Group, 2026)
Stage 1 · Discover
Build board-ready business cases in minutes
AI-assisted intake captures opportunities from across the workforce, standardises submissions and scores them by potential impact. Solution Blueprints generate detailed financial models for Copilot, RPA, agentic AI and more, covering cost, revenue and risk. This is the same approach Aviva UK used to build 102 financially-modelled opportunities in 21 days.
Describe a problem, challenge or opportunity…
🔵 MS Copilot blueprint
🟠 RPA migration ROI
🟣 Agentforce model
🟢 Custom LLM ROI
Intelligent document processing · claims
£3.9M
Quick win
Copilot · underwriting decision support
£1.2M
Major project
Automated vendor reconciliation
£285k
Quick win
✓
Review
Initial triage and idea scoring
✓ Complete
✓
Assess
Financial modelling and ROI validation
✓ Complete
→
Decision
CFO / COO investment approval
Awaiting sign-off
🔒
Build
Delivery and milestone tracking
Locked
🔒
Realize
Post-deployment P&L tracking
Locked
Stage 2 · Govern
Replace ad-hoc approvals with audit-ready stage-gates
Standardised governance workflows enforce approval checkpoints, risk assessments and investment thresholds before any initiative proceeds. The Value vs. Effort Matrix surfaces the 10% of projects that drive 90% of portfolio return. Underperformers are identified and removed before they drain the budget.
- ISO 27001:2022-certified approval workflows with embedded risk assessments
- Value vs. Effort Matrix, prioritising by portfolio return rather than loudest voice
- Syncs with Jira, Azure DevOps and MS Planner for delivery tracking
- Every decision audit-ready, for board reporting and statutory compliance
Stage 3 · Realize
Close the Value loop. Command your entire AI estate.
SilkFlo’s vendor-agnostic API connects to every deployed solution in your tech stack and does two things. The Realized Value Ledger compares actual P&L impact against the original business case, automatically. The portfolio health dashboard gives you a single live view of every AI initiative, automation and agent across the business, with performance signals that surface problems before they reach the board.
- Realized Value Ledger: the Forecast vs. Realized Loop runs automatically post-deployment
- Single portfolio view across every deployed tool, UiPath, Copilot, agents and RPA, with live delivery health signals
- Surface underperformers before they drain the portfolio. Scale only what is working
- Board-ready reports showing Capacity Released, cost avoidance and EBITDA impact
Realized ROI
324%
+39% vs forecast
Annual benefit
£850k
+£62k above
Payback period
1.6 mo
0.4 mo faster
Forecast vs. realized benefits, cumulative
Forecast
Realized
MS Copilot · Claims rollout
£312k
On track
RPA · Invoice processing
£142k
On track
Agent · Customer triage
£76k
At risk
Vendor Dashboard Bias
UiPath reports how many bots ran. Microsoft reports how many Copilot prompts fired. These are capability metrics, designed to justify licence renewals, not to measure your P&L impact. No vendor dashboard can serve as an independent audit of your investment return.
✓ SilkFlo is vendor-agnostic. No affiliation, no conflict of interest.
UiPath Analytics
"Bot success rate: 97.2% · Automations run: 27,507"
Microsoft Adoption Score
"Copilot active users: 1,240 · Prompts used: 84,300"
SilkFlo Realized Value Ledger
"Copilot programme · Forecast: £285k/yr · Realized: £312k/yr · Variance: +9.5%"
📋 Case study · Aviva UK
£12 million in savings. 21 days. 90x lower cost than consulting.
Aviva's Claims Innovation team managed ideas across spreadsheets and a Miro board. There was no standard intake, no financial modelling and no way to prioritise across 100+ potential initiatives. Using SilkFlo's AI-assisted intake and Solution Blueprints, Aviva qualified 102 AI and automation use cases in 21 days, with financially-modelled business cases attached to each. Total cost: £865.
"SilkFlo transformed our process discovery, uncovering £12 million in savings in just three weeks. Its efficiency and ease of use have been a genuine step change for our team."
Graham Lee · Head of Claims Innovation · Aviva UK
£12M
In savings opportunities identified
102 qualified use cases with financial models attached
21
Days from start to board-ready pipeline
vs. 3 months for the previous consulting approach
90x
Lower cost. £865 vs. £75,600.
SilkFlo engagement vs. external consulting equivalent
The Choice of Leaders Accountable for AI investment return
SilkFlo is the shared language for the organizations moving from “digital activity” to “realized business value.” We provide the framework that aligns the boardroom with the front lines.
"Before SilkFlo, our RPA and AI projects were in spreadsheets - it was chaotic, wasted time and lacked transparency. Now it's all unified. SilkFlo provides the transparency our board requires."
SilkFlo simplifies cost/benefit analysis and ROI tracking in one click. Exactly what’s needed to streamline innovation management and communicate value to stakeholders
“SilkFlo has been crucial for our automation and AI initiatives. From Discovery to Go-Live, SilkFlo has helped us discover 100s of ideas, with forecasted value of over 3 million euros.
"With SilkFlo, we can see our innovation projects clearly in one pipeline, making prioritization and delivery faster than ever. It's a truly dedicated tool we wish we had earlier."
"SilkFlo enables a culture where everyone's input in the AI journey is valued. It goes beying idea management and allows the whole org to share and measure ideas effortlessly, driving better AI and automation solutions from the get-go."
SilkFlo eliminates the silos when implementing AI and automation. With centralised governance, it's easier to get stakeholder buy-in and keep everyone aligned on company strategy and goals.
Vendor-agnostic. Integrates via API with your entire ecosystem.
SilkFlo sits above your execution tools, providing the independent financial audit layer that no individual vendor has an incentive to run.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SilkFlo?
What is SilkFlo?
What is AI Value Realization?
Vendor Dashboard Bias is the structural conflict of interest in vendor-reported ROI metrics. UiPath reports adoption rates. Microsoft reports active Copilot users. Salesforce reports logins. These are capability metrics designed to justify licence renewals , not to measure your P&L impact. Vendors are financially incentivized to report positively on their own product. An independent platform with no vendor affiliation is the only source of unbiased ROI measurement.
How do I prove AI ROI to the board?
Proving AI ROI to the board requires three things: a financially-modelled business case approved before the project starts, a governance process that tracks delivery against that forecast and a post-deployment audit comparing actual P&L impact against the original assumptions. SilkFlo’s Realized Value Ledger automates Benefits Realization, running the Forecast vs. Realized Loop continuously without manual spreadsheet work. Aviva UK used this approach to identify £12M in savings in 21 days at 90x lower cost than traditional consulting.
How is SilkFlo different from a project management tool?
Unlike general project management tools such as Jira or Asana that act as a ‘System of Work’, SilkFlo is purpose-built for the financial governance of AI and technology initiatives, acing as a ‘System of Value’. It combines opportunity discovery, AI business case modelling, stage-gate governance, and real-time ROI tracking in one platform. It sits above your execution tools as the financial and strategic layer – vendor-agnostic and integrated via API with your existing tech stack.
How quickly can SilkFlo deliver value?
SilkFlo customers have identified pipeline value in as little as 21 days. One enterprise customer (Aviva UK) identified over £12 million in cost-saving opportunities within the first three weeks of use. Business cases that previously took weeks to build can be produced in minutes using SilkFlo’s AI and Solution Blueprints.
Who is SilkFlo designed for?
SilkFlo is built for the people who fund AI and automation work and are accountable for its return, not the developers who build it. Primary users include Heads of AI, Heads of Automation, Finance Directors, CFOs, COOs and Centre of Excellence leads at mid-market and enterprise organisations across UK insurance, financial services, manufacturing, consulting and the public sector.
Is benefits realisation now a compliance requirement?
For programmes governed under PMI standards, yes. PMBOK 7 (2021) formalised benefits realisation as a required closing process group. Every PMI-governed programme is now obligated to track realized benefits against the original business case. For UK public sector organisations, Value for Money is a statutory audit obligation under the National Audit Office framework. SilkFlo operationalises both requirements through its Realized Value Ledger and audit-ready governance workflows.
Is SilkFlo secure and compliant?
Yes. SilkFlo is ISO 27001:2022 certified, GDPR-compliant, and holds UK Cyber Essentials certification. Full security documentation is available at silkflo.eu.trust.site.