So they need to make $1 profit for each of those conversions just to make it worth if they hire 1 ML scientist for 95k/year. Or $10 if they hire 10 for 950k/yea

So they need to make $1 profit for each of those conversions just to make it worth if they hire 1 ML scientist for 95k/year. Or $10 if they hire 10 for 950k/year in total. And so on... And there‘s the point where - IMHO - 3% gain may not be profitable enough.