That isn't our slogan. It's the rule the whole category is being rebuilt around. Every other AI-assurance vendor is run by — or paid by — the operator they grade. We're not. And we made that a structure you can hold us to, not a sentence you have to believe.
Three layers sit between "the AI ran" and "the AI worked." Only the top one is independent.
We don't replace your monitoring. We turn its output into evidence someone outside your building will accept.
A body assessing high-risk AI must be independent of any operator with an economic interest in it — and may not advise the parties it judges.
An auditor may hold no financial interest in, and provide no conflicting services to, the entity it audits. Independence is the whole job.
When the rated party pays for — and can shop — its own rating, the rating stops meaning anything.
We don't cite these because we have to. We cite them because we already built to them.
No equity, board seats, lending, or paid consulting from any party whose AI systems, agents, or outcomes we measure — operators, model vendors, BPO/CX providers, or insurers underwriting the risks we attribute. Any such funding is capped below control, granted no board seat and no methodology rights, and disclosed.
We charge the side that consumes the verdict. Where a measured party funds a specific assessment, the fee is fixed, published, and paid regardless of the result.
Our role is a shield for the buyer, not an indictment of their people. If it failed, that's the vendor's or the model's problem to answer for — not your budget to defend.
An independence covenant in our governing documents; methodology set by an independent committee, published and versioned; funding sources disclosed.
We do not claim clients or results we do not have, and we disclose any relationship a reasonable party would want to know.
We have zero outcomes rated publicly today — and we'd rather say that plainly than fake one. The first reproducible verdict is the catalyst. The honesty is the credential until then.
A verdict is only worth something if a skeptic can reproduce it. Ours are externally anchored and recomputable by a party that doesn't trust the operator — the property neither a vendor's seal nor an insurer's badge can claim.
This policy binds the company, its founder, employees, contractors, and advisors. It is reviewed at least annually and published here. Material changes are versioned and dated.
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The proof holds up precisely because it isn't ours to bias.
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