Cake for Time-Series Analysis
Analyze, forecast, and monitor time-dependent data using scalable, open-source components. Cake provides a composable AI platform for running time-series pipelines across any cloud or infrastructure.






Overview
Time-series data is everywhere, from sensor logs and financial transactions to user activity and supply chain metrics. But extracting insights from it reliably and at scale takes more than a good model. It requires robust preprocessing, flexible training, repeatable pipelines, and always-on monitoring.
Cake delivers a full time-series analysis stack that is built on open-source tools and optimized for enterprise AI workflows. You can ingest, clean, and align time-based data using AirByte or dbt, build models with frameworks like Darts, PyTorch, or XGBoost, and deploy workflows using Kubeflow Pipelines. With built-in experiment tracking, observability, and compliance, your time-series pipelines don’t just work; they scale.
And because Cake is modular and cloud agnostic, you can integrate the latest open-source advances while avoiding the cost and rigidity of managed AI platforms.
Key benefits
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Accelerate time-series workflows: Move from data ingestion to model deployment with reusable, pre-integrated tools.
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Deploy across environments: Run pipelines on any cloud, hybrid setup, or edge environment.
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Use the best open-source models: Train with Darts, Neural Prophet, PyTorch, and more without relying on black-box solutions.
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Detect issues before they scale: Monitor real-time data streams and trigger retraining as patterns shift.
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Reduce cost and risk: Avoid vendor lock-in and manage sensitive time-series data on your own infrastructure.
THE CAKE DIFFERENCE
From static trends to dynamic
time-aware systems
Manual analysis & flat models
Basic tools that miss temporal complexity: Traditional workflows rely on descriptive stats and single-signal trends.
- Built in spreadsheets or dashboards with limited automation
- Hard to incorporate seasonality, lags, or external signals
- Fails to adapt to change or detect subtle anomalies
- No versioning, observability, or integration with downstream systems
Result:
Outdated models, reactive insights, and missed opportunities
Time series analysis with Cake
Flexible, production-grade pipelines with built-in intelligence: Cake gives you the tools to build, monitor, and evolve time series workflows at scale.
- Supports multivariate, irregular, and high-frequency time series
- Built-in forecasting, anomaly detection, and change point analysis
- Deploy in real-time or batch pipelines with retraining triggers
- Full observability, drift detection, and compliance support
Result:
Timely, accurate insights that drive decisions across the business
EXAMPLE USE CASES
Teams use Cake’s time-series analysis
stack to power forecasting, anomaly
detection, and system monitoring
Real-time demand forecasting
Predict spikes or dips in customer activity to optimize staffing, inventory, or compute provisioning.
IoT and telemetry monitoring
Track sensor data across manufacturing, logistics, or energy systems to spot irregularities and trends.
Financial and usage analytics
Model KPIs, revenue, and resource consumption over time to improve planning and scenario testing.
User engagement trend analysis
Track and analyze how user activity evolves over time—identifying growth patterns, seasonality, and behavioral shifts to inform product strategy.
Dynamic pricing optimization
Use historical demand curves and competitor price trends to adjust pricing in real time and maximize revenue or conversion.
Campaign impact measurement
Evaluate how marketing campaigns influence traffic, sales, or engagement over time, controlling for external variables and lag effects.
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
Build forecasting pipelines that actually scale
From fraud detection to portfolio forecasting, financial teams rely on time-series data. Learn how Cake gives you the infrastructure to move fast without compromising control.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Predict and react in real time across financial workflows
From fraud detection to portfolio forecasting, financial teams rely on time-series data. Learn how Cake gives you the infrastructure to move fast without compromising control.
"Our partnership with Cake has been a clear strategic choice – we're achieving the impact of two to three technical hires with the equivalent investment of half an FTE."

Scott Stafford
Chief Enterprise Architect at Ping
"With Cake we are conservatively saving at least half a million dollars purely on headcount."
CEO
InsureTech Company
COMPONENTS
Tools that power Cake's
time-series analysis stack

Ray Tune
Distributed Model Training & Model Formats
Pipelines and Workflows
Ray Tune is a Python library for distributed hyperparameter optimization, built on Ray’s scalable compute framework. With Cake, you can run Ray Tune experiments across any cloud or hybrid environment while automating orchestration, tracking results, and optimizing resource usage with minimal setup.

MLflow
Pipelines and Workflows
Track ML experiments and manage your model registry at scale with Cake’s automated MLflow setup and integration.

Kubeflow
Orchestration & Pipelines
Kubeflow is an open-source machine learning platform built on Kubernetes. Cake operationalizes Kubeflow deployments, automating model training, tuning, and serving while adding governance and observability.

Evidently
Model Evaluation Tools
Evidently is an open-source tool for monitoring machine learning models in production. Cake operationalizes Evidently to automate drift detection, performance monitoring, and reporting within AI workflows.

NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
Inference Servers
Triton is NVIDIA’s open-source server for running high-performance inference across multiple models, backends, and hardware accelerators.

Darts
Forecasting Libraries
Darts is a Python library for time series forecasting, offering a unified API for statistical, deep learning, and ensemble models.
Frequently asked questions
What is time-series analysis in machine learning?
Time-series analysis is the process of modeling data points that are collected over time. It’s used to forecast future values, detect anomalies, and uncover trends across domains like finance, supply chain, healthcare, and IoT.
How does Cake support time-series analysis?
Cake provides a modular stack for time-series pipelines. You can ingest and process time-based data with tools like DBT or Airbyte, build models using frameworks like Darts or PyTorch, and deploy workflows with Kubeflow Pipelines. Everything is integrated, observable, and production-ready.
Can I run time-series workloads on my own infrastructure?
Yes. Cake is cloud agnostic and fully self-hostable. You can deploy pipelines on any cloud, hybrid, or on-prem setup while keeping your data and compute fully under your control.
How do I monitor time-series models in production?
With Cake, you can track metrics like MAPE, RMSE, and forecast error drift over time. You can integrate with tools like Prometheus and Grafana for real-time observability and trigger retraining workflows as needed.
Is Cake compliant for regulated industries?
Absolutely. Cake includes support for SOC 2, HIPAA, and audit-friendly architecture. You can manage access, capture lineage, and keep sensitive time-series data contained in your environment.
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