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Scale AI safely,
with controls you can prove

We help you set an AI strategy and turn your policies into rules teams follow every day: who can use which tools, who approves what and what gets recorded. Teams keep shipping, and you can show auditors how each decision was made.

To kick off a scoped project
1–2 weeks
Daily overlap with your team
4+ hours
Monthly per squad, no hourly bills
Flat fee
Your code, designs and IP
100%

What's included

What we
build for you

6 capabilities, delivered by one squad. Use what you need now and add more as you grow.

  • 01

    AI strategy and operating model

    Decide who owns AI, who approves spending and which use cases come first, tied to the business results you want.

    • Roadmap and RACI
    • Portfolio controls
  • 02

    Policy and control framework

    Your AI principles become specific controls for data, models and generative AI tools, each with an owner.

    • Controls library
    • Gate definitions
  • 03

    Model risk management

    Sort AI systems by risk, then set the testing, review and approval each tier needs before launch.

    • Risk tiering
    • Validation checks
  • 04

    Access and approvals

    Role-based access, change control and review steps added to the tools your teams already use to ship.

    • RBAC and segregation of duties
    • Approval flows
  • 05

    Activity records and evidence

    Decision logs, data lineage and approvals kept in one place and exportable when an auditor asks.

    • Evidence store
    • Lineage and logs
  • 06

    Monitoring and safeguards

    Alerts when a live model drifts or its output looks unsafe, plus a written plan for what happens next.

    • Drift alerts
    • Incident runbooks

Our approach

What usually goes wrong,
and what we do instead

  1. The usual way

    AI policies sit in a document that nobody checks against day-to-day work.

    How we do it

    Each policy becomes a check or approval inside your delivery pipeline, so the rule is applied every time.

  2. The usual way

    Audits turn into a scramble because logs and approvals are missing.

    How we do it

    Decisions, data sources and approvals are recorded as the work happens, and can be searched at any time.

  3. The usual way

    Risk is shared by everyone and owned by no one.

    How we do it

    Each AI use case gets a named owner, a review board and an escalation path, written into a RACI chart.

Architecture

How it's
put together

Each layer has a clear job, so the system is easier to secure, test and extend.

  1. Layer 01

    Inventory and risk tiering

    List every AI use case, set its risk tier, name owners and agree who decides what.

    • Use-case inventory
    • Risk tiers
    • RACI
  2. Layer 02

    Policy to controls

    Each principle becomes a control with an owner, a version and a review step.

    • Controls catalogue
    • Gate definitions
    • Approvals
    • Versioning and owners
  3. Layer 03

    Evidence and audit

    Decision logs, data lineage and sign-offs are kept in a format auditors can read and export.

    • Decision logs
    • Lineage and provenance
    • Attestations
    • Exportable evidence
  4. Layer 04

    Observe and respond

    Live models are watched for drift and unsafe output, with a set process for exceptions and incidents.

    • Drift and safety alerts
    • Incident runbooks
    • Retraining triggers
    • Exceptions

How we deliver

From first review
to live in production

4 phases, each ending with an output you can review.

  1. Step 1: Governance review and scoping

    We list your AI use cases and agree risk tiers, owners and who signs off on what.

    Output: Governance baseline

  2. Step 2: Policy to controls design

    We write the controls library, define the approval gates and set up review boards and sign-off steps.

    Output: Working controls framework

  3. Step 3: Implementation and evidence pipeline

    We set up decision logs, data lineage and sign-off records that match what your auditors ask for.

    Output: Audit-ready evidence store

  4. Step 4: Operate, improve and scale

    We add monitoring, incident playbooks and exception handling, then adjust the rules as you add new AI use cases.

    Output: Governance your teams can run

Your team

Who works
on it

Specialists join your squad for this work, alongside a delivery lead who keeps you updated.

  • Governance lead

    Shapes the AI programme, maps each policy to a control and agrees which use cases need a full review and which can move fast.

    • Operating model
    • Controls
    • Review boards
  • Controls engineer

    Builds approvals, role-based access and change control into the pipeline your teams use to ship.

    • RBAC
    • Approvals
    • Gates
  • Audit and evidence engineer

    Sets up the decision logs, data lineage and sign-off records your auditors will ask for.

    • Lineage
    • Logs
    • Evidence store
  • Risk ops lead

    Watches live AI systems, handles incidents and control exceptions, and decides when a model needs retraining.

    • Alerts
    • Runbooks
    • Exceptions

Trust and control

Safe by design,
not by policy alone

  • Controls and review gates

    Every policy maps to a check or approval that runs before an AI change goes live.

  • Access and change control

    Role-based access, separation of duties and change approvals, so no one person can push a risky change alone.

  • Activity records and evidence

    Decision logs, data lineage and sign-offs are ready to export when auditors ask.

  • Monitoring and incidents

    Drift and incident alerts reach the right people, with a clear plan for what to do next.

You keep full ownership of the code, configuration and documentation we create, with no vendor lock-in.

Tools and standards

We pick what fits your product and team, not the other way round.

Ownership and risk
  • RACI
  • Risk tiers
  • Review boards
Access and change control
  • RBAC
  • Segregation of duties
  • Change approvals
Evidence
  • Decision logs
  • Lineage and provenance
  • Attestations

Results

Related
case studies

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    24/7
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  • Financial ServicesAI & Automation

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  • SaaSAI & Automation

    AI product quality: Clear monitoring of how the AI performs

    We built an AI monitoring layer for a growing SaaS product. The team can now see how the AI is really performing, where users struggle and which responses or workflows need work.

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  • HealthTechAI & Automation

    Hospital claims: 42% more revenue recovered

    For a large health system, we built a claims platform that matches EHR evidence to payer rules, automates routine authorisations and logs every decision. It is built to HIPAA requirements. Claims recovery rose 42%, and staff saved 15k hours.

    Higher claims recovery
    42%
    Staff hours saved
    15k

FAQ

Straight
answers

Have a different question? Ask it on a 30-minute call.

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An AI governance framework covers four things: a list of every AI use case with its risk tier and owner, controls that turn policy into checks and approvals, records that show auditors what was decided, and monitoring for live systems. We build each part into the tools your teams already use, not a separate document.

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