KnowledgeLake Blog

The Missing Layer: Why Document Intelligence Has to Trigger Action, Not Just Output

Brad Porter — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:18:25 GMT

Speed is not the same thing as progress.

Your AI Strategy Is Failing. Here’s Why.

billy.biggs@knowledgelake.com (Billy Biggs) — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:06:17 GMT

There is a pattern I have seen too many times to ignore. The demo impresses. The board gets excited. The budget gets approved. The pilot shows promise. Then the organization tries to scale, and something breaks — hard. Not the technology. The foundation underneath it. And at that point, you have spent real money to prove you were not ready.

Build vs. Buy: Why the Math Changed Less Than You Think

Jason Burian — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:31:59 GMT

A version of this conversation is happening in almost every IT leadership meeting I sit in lately. The capabilities are all available now. Azure and AWS rent you infinite infrastructure by the minute. The foundation models are an API call away. And with AI coding assistants, a small team can produce working software faster than most of us thought possible even two years ago. So the question lands naturally: with all of that, why would we pay for SaaS when we could just build it ourselves?

The Myth of "Best-of-Breed" in Document Automation

Brad Porter — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:27:04 GMT

I have watched the best-of-breed argument play out at dozens of enterprises, and it almost always follows the same script.

Why "Human-in-the-Loop" Is Not a Safety Net: It’s a Design Principle

Brad Porter — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:55:40 GMT

Most vendors treat human-in-the-loop as a fallback. The AI processes a document, assigns a confidence score, and if the score drops below a threshold, a human gets a review queue. The AI failed, so a human cleans it up.

From IDP to DocumentOS: Why Point Solutions Can't Scale Outcomes

Brad Porter — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:28:56 GMT

A vendor demo at an industry event last year ended with a slide claiming 99.2% extraction accuracy on a stack of invoices. Impressive number. I asked the obvious follow-up question. What happens after the field is extracted? The presenter pulled up an integration diagram with five logos, three middleware layers, and a footnote about a “professional services engagement” to wire it together. The customer in the audience nodded along, because that is what they have come to expect.

Your SharePoint Server Is Living in the Past. The Attackers Are Not.

Brad Porter — Thu, 28 May 2026 17:14:23 GMT

Cast your mind back to 2016. Bitcoin was trading somewhere between a curiosity and a punchline, hovering around $430 at the start of the year, slowly creeping toward $1,000 by December. The Chicago Cubs finally broke a 108-year World Series drought. Pokemon GO had grown adults walking into traffic, eyes locked to their phones. Apple shipped the iPhone 7 and quietly deleted the headphone jack, triggering an outrage cycle that lasted roughly three weeks before everyone just bought wireless earbuds.

Leading with AI, Not Around It

russell.malz@knowledgelake.com (Russ Malz) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:07:10 GMT

There’s no shortage of opinions about AI right now. Depending on who you ask, it’s either going to revolutionize work overnight or quietly replace half the workforce.

Choosing Practical AI Over Hype: Why I Joined KnowledgeLake

darren.moe@knowledgelake.com (Darren Moe) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:47:37 GMT

I recently joined KnowledgeLake because I wanted to work on something truly cutting-edge, alongside people who are building—not just talking about—what comes next. At this stage in my career, I was looking for an opportunity where I could help grow a team, contribute to a company with real momentum, and be part of shaping what comes next. From my first conversations, it was clear that KnowledgeLake is in that moment—scaling up, hiring exceptional talent, and investing in a platform designed for long-term impact.

KnowledgeLake 2025: Market Momentum, Investment, & Partner-Led Growth

Andre Fuochi — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:11:55 GMT

A Year of Acceleration: How 2025 Transformed KnowledgeLake and the Market