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LLM Solutions PoC to Production: From RAGs to Riches (Part 1)

In the past year, many of the organizations EK has partnered with have been developing Large Language Model (LLM) based Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs). These projects are often pushed for by an enthusiastic IT Team, or internal initiative – with the low … Continue reading

Inside the Unified Entitlements Architecture

Today’s enterprises face a perfect storm in data access governance. The shift to cloud-native architectures has created a sprawling landscape of data sources, each with its own security model. For example, a typical enterprise might store customer data in Snowflake, … Continue reading

Maturing Data Processes at a Decentralized Federal Organization

A large government agency sought EK’s help in addressing significant data management challenges they were facing. The agency had a decentralized organizational structure and a complex technical ecosystem, which created unique challenges for remote employees in finding, accessing, and sharing critical data at the time of need. These challenges resulted … Continue reading

Semantic Layer Strategy for Linked Data Investigations

A government organization sought to more effectively exploit their breadth of data generated by investigation activity of criminal networks for comprehensive case building and threat trend analysis. EK engaged with the client to develop a strategy and product vision for their semantic solution, paired with foundational semantic data models for meaningful data categorization and linking, architecture designs and tool recommendations for integrating and leveraging graph data, and entitlements designs for adhering to complex security standards. Continue reading

Women’s Health Foundation – Semantic Classification POC

A humanitarian foundation focusing on women’s health faced a complex problem: determining the highest impact decision points in contraception adoption for specific markets and demographics. Two strategic objectives drove the initiative—first, understanding the multifaceted factors (from product attributes to social influences) that guide women’s contraceptive choices, and second, identifying actionable insights from disparate data sources. The key challenge was integrating internal survey response data with internal investment documents to answer nuanced competency questions such as, “What are the most frequently cited factors when considering a contraceptive method?” and “Which factors most strongly influence adoption or rejection?” This required a system that could not only ingest and organize heterogeneous data but also enable executives to visualize and act upon insights derived from complex cross-document analyses. Continue reading

Humanitarian Foundation – SemanticRAG POC

A humanitarian foundation needed to demonstrate the ability of its Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation (GRAG) system to answer complex, cross-source questions. In particular, the task was to evaluate the impact of foundation investments on strategic goals by synthesizing information from publicly available domain data, internal investment documents, and internal investment data. The challenge laid in …. Continue reading