Beyond Tokens per Second: Measuring Real-World Agentic AI Work with Signal 65’s Pinnacle Benchmark | Utilizing AI Episode 45
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Standard AI benchmarks measure speed and raw token throughput, but how do you measure whether artificial intelligence is actually completing enterprise work correctly? In this episode of Utilizing AI, co-hosts Stephen Foskett and Brad Shimmin welcome Ryan Shrout, President and GM of Signal 65, to introduce "Pinnacle"—a new benchmark designed to evaluate real-world, agentic workflows. Ryan breaks down why traditional hardware and model metrics miss the mark on business value, how Pinnacle evaluates performance across clean "governed" versus messy "as-found" data environments, and what recent test runs reveal about token efficiency, hallucination resistance, and hardware scaling. From comparing frontier models to exposing the hidden costs of max-reasoning modes, this discussion offers a grounded look at quantifying true enterprise AI performance. This and more on Utilizing AI, part of Futurum Media and the Futurum Podcast Network.