How Stray Dog Institute handled AI adoption & reduced costs with Team-GPT

Stray Dog Institute is a private foundation with a mission to provide funding, research and collaboration to NGOs and educational institutions that work on food system issue areas including animal welfare improvement, farmer advocacy and rural economic empowerment, environmental advocacy, labor organizing, dietary change, and food justice.

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Problem

Over-dependence on a single LLM, expensive monthly subscriptions paid for each AI model separately, and limited collaboration functionalities of other AI platforms

Solution

Implemented Team-GPT as a secured, centralized interface to use multiple AI models simultaneously, and foster team collaboration

Result

Improved team productivity, cost-effective AI usage, and accelerated AI adoption

Challenge

Prior to adopting Team-GPT, Stray Dog Institute faced significant hurdles in leveraging AI across their organization. The lack of a centralized AI workspace capable of integrating multiple AI models via APIs was a major obstacle, as subscriptions for each individual model were costly. Existing software solutions fell short, missing crucial features like AI conversation history, in-chat collaboration, chat sharing, and efficient prompt management. This held Stray Dog back from fully leveraging AI and collaborating effectively.

Solution

Team GPT's intuitive platform provided Stray Dog with exactly what they needed - a comprehensive solution that combines an easy to use UI/UX with powerful organizational features. Our folder-based organization system allows their team to effectively manage both conversations and prompts, while our advanced prompt library with variable support transforms complex prompts into simple, form-like interfaces.

One of the standout benefits for Stray Dog was our flexible model management system. Instead of being locked into subscription-based services, they could efficiently manage multiple AI models, adjust temperature settings, and control costs to get exactly the results they needed.
Here is how Stray Dog integrated Team-GPT into their workflow:
1. Hosted Team-GPT on a Private Cloud: For added security for full control over sensitive data.
2. Portfolio Management: Created separate, private Team-GPT workspaces for each supported non-profit organization, allowing Stray Dog to maintain overall admin control while ensuring individual privacy.
3. API Integration: Started with adding API keys to access Anyscale, Antrophic Claude and OpenAI ChatGPT trough Team-GPT.

4. Centralized Interface: Implemented Team-GPT as the core platform for accessing and using multiple AI models.

5. Organization: Structured chats and prompts using folders and subfolders for easy navigation and continuity across projects.
6. Collaboration: The whole team started collaborating in the Team-GPT workspace to foster knowledge and drive AI adoption across supported organizations.

“We chose Team-GPT because it addressed all these pain points with a clean, intuitive interface and powerful features. Team-GPT allows us to organize conversations and prompts into easily accessible folders, manage multiple AI models, and create more dynamic, variable-based prompts.”

Results

The adoption of Team-GPT transformed our client's operations:

“Team-GPT positively impacts our team's ability to meet deadlines and handle increased workloads”.

“Team-GPT is an invaluable tool for any organization. It’s easy to use, offers robust collaboration features, and provides a secure, flexible, and affordable way to leverage the power of AI. The product’s innovative roadmap, combined with the dedicated team behind it, makes Team-GPT an indispensable resource for anyone looking to use AI responsibly and efficiently. We highly recommend it.”

Tom Conger
Tom Conger
Executive Director, Stray Dog
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