Beyond Tokens per Second: Measuring Real-World Agentic AI Work with Signal 65’s Pinnacle Benchmark | Utilizing AI Episode 45

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 te