We build the operating system for enterprise AI governance.
aerais designs and operationalizes the risk, control, lifecycle, and assurance systems that let regulated and AI‑scaling organizations adopt AI safely — with auditability and board‑level confidence.
AI adoption is outpacing governance maturity.
Enterprises are embedding AI across core operations faster than oversight can keep up. The exposure is no longer theoretical — it is regulatory, operational, and reputational, and it now lands on the board.
You cannot govern what you cannot see — and you cannot defend what you cannot evidence.
Not advisory. Infrastructure.
Most AI governance work stops at ethics statements, policy suites, and strategy decks. aerais operates one layer deeper — embedding governance directly into operating models, risk frameworks, delivery lifecycles, and accountability structures.
The result is governance that scales with innovation and holds up under regulatory examination. We sit above generalist boutiques and beneath Big‑4 overhead — deeper specialization, real implementation capability.
We are an AI governance systems and controls firm.
A modular system of enterprise governance capabilities.
Enter at any point. Scale across maturity. Expand into a full transformation and managed‑governance relationship.
Establish current state
- Governance maturity assessment
- AI risk exposure diagnostic
- ISO/IEC 42001 readiness
- AI inventory & shadow‑AI discovery
Architect the system
- Operating‑model design
- Risk taxonomy & control framework
- Responsible‑AI framework
- Policy & standards suite
Operationalize governance
- Lifecycle governance implementation
- Control operationalization
- Monitoring & assurance setup
- Governance tooling enablement
Certifiable & audit‑ready
- AI Management System (AIMS) build
- Regulatory alignment & mapping
- Audit readiness & assurance
- Mock certification review
Governance as a service
- Governance office as a service
- Risk & compliance monitoring
- Control testing & assurance
- Executive & board reporting
High‑value programs
- Shadow‑AI detection program
- AI incident response & governance
- Model‑risk governance
- Data governance alignment
One system. Four phases.
This is a transformation program, not a point solution. Each phase produces working governance — and compounds into the next.
Establish current‑state maturity, risk exposure, and the AI footprint the organization cannot yet see.
Architect the operating model, risk taxonomy, control framework, and policies that fit the risk profile.
Embed governance into intake, delivery, deployment, and monitoring. Controls that run — not controls on paper.
Assure, monitor, and report continuously — or run the entire governance office as a managed service.
→ Land and expand. Enter at any maturity level; each phase becomes the mandate for the next.
Federated governance with central oversight.
Governance that balances innovation and control — accountability distributed to the business, standards held at the center, assurance kept independent across three lines of defense.
Proprietary governance IP, not slideware.
Every engagement configures the same operating system — reusable, testable, regulator‑defensible assets refined across the practice.
· live junction
Compliant · guardrail met
Drift · review
Breach · kill-switch
A commercial model built to land and expand.
Four tiers, from a focused diagnostic to a fully managed governance function. Ranges are indicative and scoped to enterprise size, AI footprint, and regulatory exposure.
Indicative ranges, USD. Fixed‑fee engagements are scoped from medium time estimates, with overruns absorbed — pricing confidence, not client friction.
Built for regulated and AI‑scaling enterprises.
Straight answers.
How is aerais different from a Big‑4 firm?
We specialize in operational AI governance systems and actually implement them — faster delivery cycles, deeper specialization, and far less overhead than broad compliance advisory.
Do you only work on ISO/IEC 42001?
No. ISO/IEC 42001 readiness is one entry point. We also align to the NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act, and integrate AI governance with your existing risk, security, and privacy frameworks.
Do you advise, or do you build?
We build. aerais embeds governance into intake, delivery, deployment, and monitoring — controls that run inside your systems, not documents that sit on a shelf.
How quickly can we see value?
A diagnostic produces board‑ready findings — current‑state maturity, risk exposure, and a prioritized roadmap — in a matter of weeks.
Who is the right fit?
Regulated and AI‑scaling enterprises, typically $1B–$50B in revenue, with low‑to‑medium governance maturity and moderate‑to‑high regulatory exposure.
Can you operate governance for us?
Yes. Our managed‑governance tier runs the governance office continuously — intake approvals, control testing, assurance, regulatory tracking, and board reporting.
Establish enterprise AI governance capability.
Start with a diagnostic to map current‑state risk exposure, governance gaps, and a roadmap for enterprise‑scale AI governance.