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Oak Ridge National LaboratoryInternal knowledge search

As veteran staff retired, old search surfaced private files until no one trusted it. Scoped, source-linked AI search rebuilt that trust.

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Key results

Usability Increase
179%
Usefulness Increase
126%
Experience Score Increase
55%

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The story

Context

One of the Department of Energy's largest science and national security laboratories, with thousands of researchers who depend on decades of institutional knowledge to do their work.

Challenge

As long-tenured staff retired and turnover climbed, institutional knowledge that once lived in people who had been there for decades became harder to...

Solution
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Scope & timeline

  • 1.4M interactions with AI search tool
  • 8,400 users, 1.4M interactions in 10 months
  • ~1,500 AI-powered searches per day

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The company

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ornl.gov

U.S. Department of Energy research lab for science, energy, and computing.

IndustryGovernment & Public Sector
LocationOak Ridge, TN, USA
Employees5K-10K
Founded1943

The vendor

Search AI platform for enterprise search, observability, and security solutions.

IndustrySoftware & Platforms
LocationMountain View, CA, USA
Employees1K-5K
Founded2012

Use case

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Internal knowledge search is part of this use case:

Enterprise Search
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Proven impact?
Average
2.6Below average
2.6Below averagewithin Government & Public Sector
2.6Below averagewithin Knowledge Management

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