# Thomas W. Dinsmore

### Case Study Overview

Same five queries. $17.93 on one path, $0.0008 on another. A Tier 1 bank’s AI benchmark.

### Use Cases
- **Universal Semantic Layer**
- **AI Context and MCP**
- **Agentic Analytics**
- **Data Governance and Trust**
- **Self-Service BI**
- **Semantic Modeling**

### Integrations
- **Cloud Data Platform**
  - Snowflake
  - Databricks
  - Google BigQuery
  - Amazon Redshift
  - Microsoft Azure
  - InterSystems
  - Cloudera
  - PostgreSQL
- **Analytics Tools**
  - Power BI
  - Excel
  - Tableau
  - Looker
  - Klipfolio
  - Superset
  - ThoughtSpot
  - Qlik
  - Hex

### Resources
- **Learn**
  - Blog
  - Case Studies
  - Guides
  - Interactive Demos
  - Podcast
  - Resource Library
  - Solution Briefs
  - Webinars
  - White Papers & Reports
- **Community**
  - Developer Community
  - Semantic Layer Summit
- **Training & Documentation**
  - Product Documentation
  - Product Demos
  - Glossary

### Customer Examples
- **Bluemercury**: Retail Self-Service
- **Blue Yonder**: AI Agents
- **Papa Johns**: Franchise Analytics
- **TELUS**: Network Analytics
- **Tier 1 Bank**: AI Optimization
- **Vodafone**: Scalable Cloud-Native Analytics

### Relevant Blog Posts
- [A Skill or README Isn’t a Semantic Layer](/content/blog/semantic-layer-vs-skill-ai-agents/index.html)
- [Best Agentic AI Tools for Enterprises](/content/blog/best-agentic-ai-tools/index.html)
- [Scaling AI Efficiently with Semantic Layers](/content/blog/scaling-ai-efficiently-with-semantic-layer/index.html)
- [The Real AI Sovereignty Fight Is About Meaning](/content/blog/ai-sovereignty-semantic-layer/index.html)
- [What Is a Semantic Layer?](/content/glossary/semantic-layer/index.html)
- [What Is AI Context?](/content/glossary/ai-context/index.html)
- [What Is AI-Ready Data?](/content/glossary/ai-ready-data/index.html)
- [Why ChatGPT Gives Different Answers to the Same Question](/content/blog/why-chatgpt-gives-different-answers-business-data/index.html)
- [Your AI Isn’t Expensive. It’s Guessing.](/content/blog/ai-rediscovery-tax/index.html)