Government
AI permit review
Pain
Applications arrive incomplete, and reviewers can't defend AI outputs.
Approach
- LLM rules
- Deterministic checks
- Audit trail
Same pattern
- Entry packets
- Licenses
- Applications
AI-native consulting for import teams
Give your trade team its time back.
A free workflow review shows where your import hours, dollars, and risk go.
No obligation · First cohort: 5 founding partners
Illustrative example, not a client result.
Expertise drawn from 6 industries
- Government
- Insurance
- Automotive
- Robotics
- Smart-home IoT
- Telecom
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Estimated capacity back
a year
hrs a week · about of a full-time role
Today this workflow costs a year ( hrs a week).
Published vendor case studies, mostly in classification, report roughly 30% to 80%+. Estimate, not a guarantee. Numbers off? That's what the 20-minute call is for.
Defaults: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook (logisticians, May 2024). Typical minutes and reduction ranges come from vendor-reported case studies, which are marketing material, not independent measurements.
Experience
Where the expertise comes from
The problem, the result, and where the same pattern applies.
Insurance In progress
Application review
Pain
Document-heavy, rules-driven, needs a human sign-off.
Approach
- Documents
- Exception queue
- Human decision
Same pattern
- Mismatched documents
- Reconciliation
Automotive
Repair diagnostics
Pain
Hours lost diagnosing from manuals, and AI answers nobody trusts.
Result
- 83%accuracy in a 29-dealership pilot
- 17%lower warranty cost exposure
Human-review rule above $2K, approved by OEM legal
Same pattern
- Customs entries
- Claims
- Credit approvals
Automotive
Knowledge retrieval
Pain
Answers buried in thousands of manual pages.
Result
- 30%faster parts lookup
- 40%shorter procurement delays
Same pattern
- Rulings
- SOPs
- Prior cases
Automotive
Partner onboarding
Pain
Every partner took 8 weeks to onboard.
Result
- 8 → 2 weeksto onboard a partner
No added engineering headcount per partner
Same pattern
- Suppliers
- Brokers
- Carriers
Smart-home IoT
Predictive connectivity
Pain
$4.2M a year in avoidable support cost.
Result
- 70%of incidents prevented before customer impact
- 10×lower latency at flat infrastructure cost
Across 2M+ devices
Same pattern
- Invoice mismatches
- Duplicate charges
- Classification drift
Commercial robotics
Fleet intelligence
Pain
Robots bought, then churned without fleet software.
Result
- $0 → $20M+ARR in 2 years
- 75+buyer interviews shaped it
Same pattern
- Compliance view
- Logistics view
- Finance view
GenAI security
Discovery before build
Pain
Sensitive data flowing into LLMs with no guardrails.
Result
- 109buyer interviews
- 95%PII detection precision
Stopped when urgency wasn't there
Same pattern
- Every review starts with discovery
Results reflect work in prior roles, not results achieved for importers.
Applied to imports
Proven building blocks, applied to your workflow
Not built from scratch. Each block has already been built and field-tested in another regulated or high-volume setting.
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Entry packet checksUses building block:Intake and rules guardrailsProven inGovernment
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HTS classification and tariff changesUses building block:Rules interpretation with human-review thresholdsProven inGovernmentAutomotive
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Broker invoice reconciliationUses building block:Exception triage and anomaly detectionProven inSmart-home IoTInsurance (in progress)
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Supplier and broker onboardingUses building block:Integration standardProven inAutomotive
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Rulings and SOP questionsUses building block:Document searchProven inAutomotive
Built once, adapted to you.Each block comes with the human-review rules and audit trail it was proven with.
Trade applications are proposed fits, not results achieved for importers.
The offer
The Workflow Review
A fixed-scope look at how one import workflow runs, and the best way to add capacity.
Call
20 minutes
FreeWalkthrough
45 minutes, one workflow
FreeReadout
Within 5 business days
FreePilot
4 to 6 weeks, only if the numbers justify it
Optional
Stop at any step. You keep the findings either way.
What you walk away with
Hours
Where capacity is lost
Risk
Audit-readiness gaps
Cash
Rework and overpayment leaks
Plan
90-day roadmap
An 8 to 10 page report and a one-page summary you can forward
Scope
The review is
- A process review of one workflow
- An hours and dollars estimate
- The best way to add capacity
- Human-review rules for any automation
The review is not
- Customs legal advice
- A classification or valuation check
- CBP audit preparation
- A software demo
What it needs from you
- 45-minute walkthrough
- 3 redacted documents
- No system access
If nothing is worth changing, the report says so in writing.
Estimated market value: $7,500
Comparable published assessments run $3,500 to $10,000.
Book a free 20-minute call
Founding cohort
First cohort: 5 founding partners
Each partner gets a complimentary Workflow Review and, where the numbers justify it, a scoped pilot.
Partners getPriority scheduling and a direct say in what gets built.
Best fitImport teams with rising volume, slow ramp-up, rework, or audit gaps.
Seats open
4 of 5
Seats are confirmed manually. When the cohort is full, this becomes a waitlist.
Expertise
What Dutyflo brings
Years of delivering AI where mistakes are costly.
Workflow design
Finds where capacity is lost
AI risk controls
Human review where it matters
ROI modeling
Hours and dollars before any build
You bring
The customs expertise
FAQ
Questions, answered plainly
Why is the review complimentary?
Dutyflo is entering trade operations and learns fastest from real workflows. You get the review and the roadmap; Dutyflo gets the education. That is also why the first cohort is limited to five partners.
Is anything being sold in the review?
No. The recommendations are technology-neutral and yours to act on with any vendor, internally, or not at all. AI enters only if the review shows it is the right lever.
What happens after the review?
You can stop, act on the roadmap yourself, work with anyone, or ask for a scoped pilot. Pilots are offered only when the numbers justify them, with scope and success criteria agreed before work starts.
Is my data safe?
The review uses a walkthrough and a few redacted sample documents. No system access is needed. An NDA is available on request, and only anonymized patterns inform what Dutyflo builds.
Do you give customs legal advice?
No. Dutyflo is not a customs broker or a law firm, and it does not check classifications, valuations, or filings for correctness. It reviews how work moves through a process and where capacity can be added.
Who is the first cohort for?
Import teams with a real workflow pain: rising volume on a small team, slow new-hire ramp-up, rework, or audit-readiness gaps. Compliance, customs operations, logistics, and finance leads are all welcome.
About
Vishal Sharma
AI product and operations, across regulated enterprise and government
Vishal works where AI meets real operations: places where a wrong automated decision is expensive and every output has to be defended. He has taken multiple products from zero to one across automotive, robotics, smart-home IoT, telecom, and government, and now applies that work to trade and import operations. New to trade, so every engagement starts with listening.
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