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How one wealth firm cut document processing time by 80 percent
Shade Tree Advisors, a $794 million multi-family office in New York, deployed EtonAI across three back-office document workflows and cut custodian statement processing time from over 8 minutes to roughly 2 minutes per document. The phased rollout achieved 97 percent accuracy with 3 percent auto-flagged for human review, saving hundreds of hours annually.
Published April 2, 2026 by Kamil Banc
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A $794M wealth firm cut document processing time by 80 percent using AI across three workflows
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80 Percent Time Reduction
Shade Tree Advisors cut custodian statement processing time from over 8 minutes to roughly 2 minutes.
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97 Percent Document Accuracy
The firm achieved 97 percent document accuracy, with 3 percent automatically flagged for human review.
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Hundreds of Hours Saved
Thousands of tax forms are now auto-renamed, saving the firm hundreds of hours annually.
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Three Workflows Automated
The firm deployed EtonAI across three document workflows, including credit card transaction categorization.
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Phased Rollout Strategy
A phased rollout let the team verify results before expanding to each new workflow.
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"Processing a single custodian statement dropped from over 8 minutes to roughly 2. An 80 percent reduction, without replacing anyone or rebuilding systems."
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80 percent
Reduction in custodian statement processing time, from over 8 minutes per document to roughly 2 minutes
97 percent
Document processing accuracy achieved, with the remaining 3 percent auto-flagged for human review
Hundreds of hours annually
Time saved by auto-renaming thousands of tax forms each January
$794 million
Assets under management of Shade Tree Advisors, the multi-family office profiled in the case study
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Shade Tree Advisors, a $794 million multi-family office in New York, deployed EtonAI across three back-office document workflows: custodian statement processing, tax form renaming, and credit card transaction categorization across client entities. The firm deliberately began with its most repeatable workflow rather than the hardest one, using a phased rollout to verify measured results before each expansion. Every outcome was tracked, including per-document processing time and accuracy rates, with the system auto-flagging 3 percent of documents for human review rather than assuming full automation. Notably, the implementation achieved an 80 percent time reduction without replacing staff or rebuilding existing systems, and the recovered hours were redirected to higher-value work.
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