Services
Independent AI governance assessment and advisory — from a 1-week AIQ™ Rating to an 8-to-12-week AIQ™ Audit and a full 12-month AIQ™ Assessment.
Point-in-Time Validation
AIQ™ Rating
A 1-week engagement that delivers an independent, point-in-time AIQ™ Score. Designed for advanced AI governance adopters with strong system documentation and an experienced AI management function who are seeking independent third-party validation.
Kickoff & Documentation Review
Rapid intake of existing AI governance documentation, system inventories, and policy artifacts. Designed for organizations with strong existing documentation and an experienced AI management function.
Validation & Scoring
AIQA analysts cross-verify documented controls against the AIQ™ dimensions using metadata analysis, audit trails, and AI-assisted verification — producing a verified score across all five dimensions.
Score Delivery
Delivery of a point-in-time AIQ™ Score on the 0–200 scale, dimension-level breakdown, and a third-party validation letter suitable for stakeholder, board, or capital partner review.
What You Receive
- Point-in-time AIQ™ Score on the 0–200 scale across all five governance dimensions
- Dimension-level breakdown with peer benchmarking context
- Third-party validation letter for use with boards, investors, insurers, and regulators
Factor-Level Assessment
AIQ™ Audit
A structured 8-to-12-week engagement that produces a factor-level analysis of shortcomings, opportunities, and desired growth areas across all five AIQ™ dimensions.
Survey & Data Collection
Quantitative assessment across all five AIQ™ dimensions, including structured surveys, documentation requests, and system-level data collection. AIQA works with your designated team to gather evidence efficiently.
Factor-Level Analysis
AIQA analysts cross-verify reported data and analyze each governance factor in depth — surfacing shortcomings, opportunities, and growth areas across model inspection, metadata, audit trails, and AI-assisted verification.
Scoring & Recommendations
Delivery of dimension-level scores and an overall AIQ™ Score on the 0–200 scale, with detailed factor-level findings, peer benchmarking context, and prioritized improvement recommendations.
Final Deliverables
Delivery of the complete AIQ™ Audit Report with verified metrics, factor-level analysis of shortcomings and growth areas, and an Assurance Statement suitable for ESG or regulatory disclosures.
What You Receive
- Detailed AIQ™ Audit Report with verified metrics and factor-level analysis of shortcomings, opportunities, and desired growth areas
- Point-in-time AIQ™ Score on the 0–200 scale with peer benchmarking context
- Assurance Statement suitable for inclusion in ESG, annual, or regulatory disclosures
Full Governance Program
AIQ™ Assessment
A 12-month program that goes beyond a point-in-time engagement — AIQA partners with your organization to build a governance improvement roadmap, support implementation, and validate the results.
Baseline AIQ™ Audit
A full AIQ™ Audit establishes your starting point — a verified score across all five governance dimensions, identifying gaps and prioritizing areas for improvement.
Governance Roadmap & Implementation
AIQA works with your team to build and execute a tailored governance improvement plan — addressing policy gaps, technical controls, and organizational readiness.
Reassessment & Certification
A follow-up assessment validates governance improvements. AIQA Certification is available through any Engagement tier — deployers at a verified AIQ™ Score of 115 or above, providers at 135 or above — including public use of the AIQA Certified mark.
What You Receive
- Everything included in the AIQ™ Audit
- Tailored 12-month governance improvement roadmap
- Ongoing implementation support and milestone tracking
- Reassessment and certification evaluation at program conclusion
- AIQA Certification for qualifying organizations — available through any Engagement tier (deployers 115+, providers 135+), signifying independently validated governance maturity
AIQA Certification can be obtained for AI deployers through any Engagement tier and by achieving a verified AIQ Score of 115 or above. For providers, Certification is issued at 135 or above. It does not constitute regulatory compliance or legal assurance.
Workshop
AIQ™ GO — Governance Orientation
A half-day or full-day workshop for teams that need to plan, govern, document, and deploy AI in line with the Chicago Principles.
Half day
~3 hoursIdeal for: C-Suite / Exec team briefing
Full day
~6 hoursIdeal for: Cross-functional org: legal, risk, product, engineering
Who it’s for
C-Suite & Executive Team
CEO, CFO, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and board members who set AI policy and bear accountability for how it is used across the enterprise.
Whole Organization
Product, engineering, legal, risk, and procurement — everyone building, buying, or deploying AI. A shared vocabulary and playbook across functions.
What we cover
The Chicago Principles
The six principles behind independent AI assurance — Independent, Measurable, Auditable, Comparable, Continuously Updated, and Accountable — and how each one translates into day-to-day governance decisions inside an enterprise.
AI Governance Frameworks
A working tour of the five frameworks the AIQ™ Score is built on — NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the OECD AI Principles, the EU AI Act, and GDPR — what each requires, where they overlap, and where they diverge. This is the map your AI General Use Policy is written against.
Documentation That Holds Up
What board packets, model cards, and evidence trails need to contain to survive scrutiny from regulators, insurers, and auditors — and how to structure the documentation and public disclosures that make your governance verifiable, not just stated.
Deployment Guardrails
Practical controls for your highest-risk AI deployments — human-in-the-loop review, bias monitoring, incident response, and vendor governance — and how to encode them in policy rather than leave them to individual judgment.
Board & Regulator Communication
How to communicate AI governance quality to non-technical audiences — the metrics that land, the language to avoid, and the reporting cadence that builds trust with boards, regulators, and the public.
You leave with
- An AI General Use Policy mapped to international standards — written against NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the OECD AI Principles, the EU AI Act, and GDPR.
- A public AI disclosure plan — what to disclose about your AI governance, where, and how often, suitable for ESG, annual, and regulatory reporting.
- A workforce training plan — the ethics of AI use, governance responsibilities by role, and a working understanding of how AI actually operates, so your teams draw more value from it, not just less risk.
Full-day sessions produce a first draft of each. Half-day sessions produce the decisions, framework map, and scoped outline your team needs to complete them.
Add-On Service
Embedded AI Advisory Board Service
A senior AIQA executive or designated advisory board member joins your board or advisory committee as an independent, third-party AI governance advisor. This provides continuous oversight, guidance, and external credibility to stakeholders, capital partners, and regulators.
Unlike traditional consulting engagements that end with a report, the Embedded Advisory Service provides ongoing, real-time governance guidance as your AI strategy evolves.
IPO & Capital Raise Preparation
Validate AI strategy and governance maturity to investors during fundraising, due diligence, or public offering.
Board-Level AI Governance
Provide your board with independent AI expertise for fiduciary oversight without the cost and complexity of a dedicated hire.
AI-Centric IP Portfolios
Ongoing quality assurance for enterprises building AI-driven intellectual property that requires continuous governance attention.
Independence Safeguards
AIQA maintains strict structural separation between advisory engagements and scoring activities. Embedded advisory services are provided by designated advisors who do not participate in the client’s scoring or certification evaluation. This separation preserves the integrity of the AIQ™ Score and the credibility of AIQA Certification.
Reference Library
AIQ™ Toolkit
A curated reference library covering all 250 AIQ™ datapoints — example documents, implementation guidelines, and legal requirements — so organizations can operationalize each governance control with confidence. Designed to accelerate assessment readiness and sustain governance maturity over time.
Example Documents
250 reference documents — one for each AIQ™ datapoint — showcasing what good governance documentation looks like across all five dimensions.
Implementation Guidelines
Practical, step-by-step guidance for operationalizing each governance control across policy, technical, and organizational layers.
Legal Requirements
Regulatory citations and compliance mappings tied to each datapoint. Tier 1 includes good-better-best examples illustrating maturity progression from baseline compliance to leadership-grade practice.
Ready to strengthen your AI governance?