Quarter Report Analysis

Workflow Evolution: How AI Changes Investment Analysis

Prototype — Simulated behavior

About this demo

This interactive prototype demonstrates how an investment analyst's workflow evolves as AI capabilities mature. We use IBM's quarterly earnings as a consistent scenario across three modes:

AspectManualLLM-AssistedAgent-Assisted
Information gatheringHumanHumanAgent
AnalysisHumanLLMAgent
Workflow orchestrationHumanHumanAgent
Tools / MCPsNoneNoneYes
Starting inputDocumentsDocuments + questionsObjective
Human roleDoes the workDirects the AISets objective + exercises judgment

Manual: Analyst finds the information and analyze it.

LLM-assisted: Analyst finds the information, give it to the AI, and tell it what to analyze.

Agent-assisted: Analyst give the AI agent the objective, and it finds and analyzes the information.