Deel claims 10,000 internal agents added $140M ARR in 90 days and pushed revenue per employee from $130K to $215K.

Forkast examined the claims for Akai, Deel's internal agent platform: 10,000+ live agents across finance, payments and regulatory functions, 250,000+ cases a month, 1 million+ hours saved, roughly 600 FTEs' worth of automated work, no new hires. Akai went external in May 2026 as a standalone product with its own contract and pricing. Every number is Deel-sourced with no third-party audit, which Forkast says plainly. It's still the first per-capita agent economics benchmark specific enough for an ops leader to test against their own headcount. (Forkast)