Independent certification for AI implementation work

The Assay Foundation tests AI implementation engagements against a published standard, and applies a Hallmark to those that pass. Independent of any vendor. Recognised across the regime.

See the Register What the Hallmark means

iiThe problem

Enterprises buy AI implementation work with no independent way to know whether it was done well. Consultancies bill against utilisation; vendors mark their own homework; in-house teams struggle to defend their work to procurement, audit, and the board. There has never been an independent mark for this work — until now.

iiiThe three marks of the regime

The Standards

IDEA — the first of the Foundation’s stewarded standards: a four-gate methodology for evaluating AI implementation, from specification through to sustained operation.

The Standards

The Assay

An independent test of an Engagement against a Standard, performed by an Accredited Assayer.

The Assay

The Hallmark

The mark applied to an Engagement that passes. Permanent, attributable, and entered on the Register.

The Register

ivThe Hallmark, shown

Specimen — illustrative

Struck in four parts, in sequence: the Practitioner who built the work, the Standard it was assayed against, the Accredited Assayer that certified it, and the Date Letter for the year.

How the four-part composite is read

vThe Register

The Register is open and, as yet, empty. The first Hallmark will be struck when the first Engagement passes an Assay. Until then, the Proving Register shows the methodology being put to work.

The Register The Proving Register (7)

viWho the regime is for

For Procurement For Practitioners For Assayers For Platforms

viiOn independence

The Foundation is a non-profit body limited by guarantee, with an asset lock and a board on which no single commercial interest holds a majority. It does not deliver implementation work, engage practitioners, or compete with its members. Its only product is the integrity of the mark.

How independence is protected