Governance built in.
Not bolted on.
Most AI vendors treat governance as documentation written after a pilot works. We design the logging, cost controls, and human oversight into the architecture first — so the compliance artifact is a byproduct of how the system runs, not a separate deliverable bolted on afterward.
The three frameworks we build against
Each maps to a productized offer — a concrete deliverable and timeline, not an open-ended retainer.
US federal framework
NIST AI RMF
The four-function model — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage — that structures how we design every agent's logging, cost controls, and human oversight from day one.
Mapped offer
AI Governance Readiness Assessment
$20–35K
See how it maps to ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act →International standard
ISO 42001
The AI management system standard for organizations that need certification-ready documentation, not just internal policy — audit trail structured for a third-party assessor.
Mapped offer
ISO 42001 Implementation Sprint
$50–120K
See how it maps to NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act →EU regulation
EU AI Act
Risk-tiering, conformity documentation, and technical files for organizations with EU exposure — including the Article 50 transparency obligations phasing in through 2026.
How this shows up in the architecture
The NIST AI RMF's four functions, expressed as engineering requirements rather than compliance checklist items.
GOVERN
A spend policy and oversight structure set once and enforced automatically on every model call — not a quarterly review that discovers drift after the fact.
MAP
Every AI action records what was requested and what actually executed it. No call happens without a named model and a named route.
MEASURE
Token volume, cost, and output quality are recorded on every call — unsampled, not a spot check run once a quarter.
MANAGE
Spend and risk are checked and reserved before an action executes — the system is architecturally incapable of the failure mode, not just monitored for it.
Don't take this on faith
The Governance Ledger demo isn't a mockup. It's a real, unedited excerpt of the AI routing gateway this business runs its own infrastructure on — every call logged, costed, and mapped to the four functions above, live.
See the live ledger →Ten of Tioga AI's thirteen engagements are governance-focused.
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