FORG Blog

Insights on AI at scale

Engineering deep-dives, product updates, and perspectives on observability, compliance, and cost optimization for teams shipping with AI.

EngineeringMay 15, 2025

How We Cut Our AI Costs by 43% in 30 Days

A practical breakdown of how we identified waste, implemented budget rules, and measured the results. Includes before/after charts and the exact rule configs we used.

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EngineeringApr 28, 2025

Why Metadata-First Observability is the Right Approach

You don't need to store prompts to understand your AI usage. A deep dive into what metadata tells you, and why that's actually more valuable than payload logging.

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EngineeringApr 14, 2025

FORG + Claude Code: Deep Integration Guide

Step-by-step guide to connecting FORG with Claude Code. Session tracking, cost attribution by developer, hooks configuration, and what signal data looks like.

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ProductMar 24, 2025

Building Compliant AI Systems: SOC 2 + HIPAA + GDPR

The compliance landscape for AI tooling in 2025. What each framework requires, where they overlap, and how FORG's architecture helps you satisfy all three.

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EngineeringMar 10, 2025

The Hidden Cost of AI Tools in Engineering Teams

The average 20-person engineering team spends $3,200/month on AI tools they can't account for. Here's the breakdown and how to fix it.

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EngineeringFeb 24, 2025

k-Anonymity in Practice: How We Protect Individual Privacy

FORG enforces k-anonymity ≥ 5 across all usage reports. What that means, how we implement it, and why it matters for your team's privacy.

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CompanyFeb 10, 2025

Announcing Team & Business Plans

Today we're launching two new plans designed for teams. Shared dashboards, org-level budgets, SAML SSO, and priority support.

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EngineeringJan 28, 2025

Rules Engine Deep Dive: Budget Enforcement at Scale

A technical walkthrough of FORG's rules engine: rule types, evaluation order, conflict resolution, and budget enforcement with sub-millisecond overhead.

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ProductJan 14, 2025

FORG Atlas: Teaching AI to Understand Your AI Usage

FORG Atlas embeds your usage patterns and lets you query them in plain English. How it works, what you can ask, and why we built it.

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EngineeringDec 18, 2024

Adapter Protocol v2: What Changed and Why

Breaking down the adapter protocol changes in v2: batching, compression, retry semantics, and the new session ID format.

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ProductDec 4, 2024

How Fintech Teams Use FORG for Compliance

Three fintech teams share how they use FORG to maintain audit trails, enforce data-handling policies, and satisfy their SOC 2 auditors.

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EngineeringNov 20, 2024

SCIM + SSO: Enterprise Identity Management

FORG now supports SCIM provisioning and SAML 2.0 / OIDC SSO. How to configure it, what auto-provisioning looks like, and RBAC mapping.

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EngineeringNov 6, 2024

Benchmarking Claude 3.5 vs GPT-4o: Cost Per Useful Token

Using 60 days of FORG usage data, we analyzed cost-per-task across Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o across 8 task categories.

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CompanyOct 15, 2024

FORG Open Source: Our Community Adapter Protocol

The FORG adapter protocol spec is now open source under MIT. Build your own adapter for any LLM tool, and we'll feature it in the community directory.

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