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Why Your Pinecone Vector Bill Is So Confusing
Skyler Thomas & Carolyn Newmark Published 12/2025 14 minute read

AI costs go beyond token pricing. Learn why true forecasting needs full-stack visibility, including Pinecone and vector database expenses.

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Governance Cost Management

The Case for Smaller Models: Why Frontier AI Is Not Always the Answer

Skyler Thomas & Carolyn Newmark

Frontier models are incredible. They are also overkill for 80% of what enterprise teams use them for.

Published 12/25 3 minute read
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Governance Cost Management

How shadow AI secretly eats up your CPU and bandwidth

Skyler Thomas & Carolyn Newmark

Can shadow AI eat up CPU or bandwidth without you knowing? Learn how hidden AI usage drives up costs and creates security risks for your business.

Published 12/25 14 minute read
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Case Studies Federated Learning Healthcare

Predicting Patient Outcomes Using the Industry’s Largest Cancer Imaging Dataset

Cake Team

Cake supports a leading computational imaging company using AI trained on the industry’s largest cancer imaging dataset to advance precision...

Published 12/25 3 minute read
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Voice Agents Agentic RAG Agents Customer Service Agents & Chatbots Cost Management

The Hidden Costs Nobody Expects When Deploying AI Agents

Skyler Thomas & Carolyn Newmark

AI agents are now everywhere on roadmaps. They plan, reason, call tools, retrieve context, and complete multi-step tasks with a degree of autonomy...

Published 11/25 4 minute read
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Cost Management

The AI Budget Crisis You Can’t See (But Are Definitely Paying For)

Skyler Thomas & Carolyn Newmark

AI spend is increasing across every organization, yet most teams still cannot answer the simplest operational question: What does our AI actually...

Published 11/25 4 minute read
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Agentic RAG Open Source Enterprise RAG

19 Top RAG Tools for Your Enterprise AI Stack

Cake Team

A standard large language model is like a brilliant new hire—they aced the exams but have zero on-the-job experience with your company. They have a...

Published 10/25 38 minute read
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Open Source Governance

7 Best Open-Source AI Governance Tools Reviewed

Cake Team

Building an AI model without a governance plan is like constructing a house without a foundation. It might look fine at first, but it won't withstand...

Published 10/25 18 minute read
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Analytics Regression

Practical Guide to Regression Techniques for Enterprise Data Science

Cake Team

Think of running a business like navigating a ship. You can rely on your gut and a compass, or you can use advanced instruments that analyze weather...

Published 10/25 20 minute read
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Forecasting Analytics Regression Predictive Analytics

A Practical Guide to Business Forecasting Models

Cake Team

Learn how forecasting models using regression can help you make smarter business decisions, predict trends, and plan with confidence.

Published 10/25 30 minute read
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