Consulting & Professional Services

Managed AI Governance

We run AI governance for you as a standing program: policy, evidence, intake, cost, and tooling, kept current as models and rules change. Framework mappings support readiness and review; framework readiness is not certification.

Senior practitioners only. Now booking Q1 2027 engagements.

The problem

Governing AI has become a standing operational function

  • Policies age

    Rules written last year do not cover this year’s models and vendors.

  • Evidence scatters

    Proof lives in inboxes and spreadsheets until audit season.

  • Intake queues grow

    New AI requests wait weeks for an answer.

  • Budgets drift

    AI spend grows faster than anyone is tracking it.

How we work

Governance that keeps pace

One team runs policy, monthly operations, and evidence, and your owners sit in every review.

  1. 1Govern

    Policy people follow

    Policies authored and kept enforceable as models, vendors, and rules change.

    • Approvals
    • Exceptions
    • Versions
  2. 2Operate

    The monthly rhythm

    Intake, model reviews, cost and tooling calls, decided each month with the people who own them.

    • Intake queue
    • Model reviews
    • Cost calls
  3. 3Prove

    Evidence on file

    Evidence collects as the work happens, ready for the frameworks you answer to.

    • EU AI Act
    • ISO 42001
    • NIST AI RMF
Practical effect

Audits met from standing records. Spend under control. Answers on new AI requests.

Scope

Eight functions, one program

We run everything it takes to govern AI in an enterprise, and we answer for it.

  • Policy operations

    Who approves what, where the exceptions sit, and which version is in force.

  • Compliance evidence

    Collected as work happens, organized for EU AI Act, ISO 42001, and NIST AI RMF.

  • Audit readiness

    Audits answered directly from the records the program already holds.

  • AI intake and model review

    New tools, models, and use cases reviewed and answered from one queue.

  • Committee and reporting

    We run the governance committee and write the reporting executives act on.

  • Cost and budget management

    We track AI spend against budgets and catch drift early.

  • Model optimization

    Which models run where, changed when a cheaper or stronger one lands.

  • Tooling and procurement

    We track the AI tooling market and govern purchases before the estate sprawls.

The deliverable

The quarterly brief

Every quarter the program writes the brief your executives and your auditors both need, from standing records.

  • Posture against each framework you answer to
  • Spend against budget, with variance explained
  • Intake decided, model mix changes, and open gaps with owners
The team

The talent bar

Every team we field carries substantial experience across five disciplines. Projects are led only by senior AI experts.

Behind the senior core sits our partnership with Elios: a deep bench across AI and software engineering.

  1. Business
  2. IT
  3. Consulting
  4. Software engineering
  5. AI engineering
5Disciplines on every team
Two ways in

Start with a diagnostic or a quarter

Run one quarter and judge the program by its brief.

  • Governance readiness review

    A structured read of your policies, evidence, intake, and spend against the frameworks you answer to. You leave with the gap list and the plan.

    Book a readiness review
  • The first quarter

    Run one quarter of the program: monthly operating reviews, the intake queue, and a quarterly executive brief at the end. Then decide.

    Talk about a first quarter
FAQ

Questions buyers ask

How long is an engagement?

Most programs start with one quarter, then renew annually. The first quarter covers setup, three monthly operating reviews, and the first executive brief.

Who on our side needs to be involved?

A named owner for security, one for compliance or risk, and a finance contact for AI spend. We run the cadence around them.

How does this work with the First Recon platform?

The program runs on the platform’s decision records, so evidence and spend reporting come from the same data that enforces policy. We also work alongside other tooling.

How is it priced?

A fixed quarterly fee sized to the number of business units and frameworks in scope, quoted after the readiness review.

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