Strategic Advisory & AI Assurance

Strategic Advisory for Responsible AI

Whether you’re building an AI product, deploying AI within your organisation, preparing for regulation, or responding to emerging risks, SAFE Standard provides independent strategic advisory services to help organisations move faster, reduce risk, and build trust.

Every engagement is tailored to your organisation, objectives and stage of maturity.

No two AI projects are the same, so every engagement begins with an assessment before recommendations are made.

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Why Work With SAFE Standard?

Unlike traditional consulting firms, SAFE Standard was established specifically to address one of the world’s biggest emerging challenges:

How do organisations deploy AI safely, responsibly and with confidence?

Our founders, researchers and international advisors work across AI governance, safety, regulation, standards development, certification, technical implementation and organisational strategy.

Whether you’re a startup or a multinational organisation, we help translate complex AI risk into practical action.

How We Can Help

AI Governance

Develop governance frameworks that prepare your organisation for future regulation.

AI Safety Assessments

Identify operational, technical and reputational risks before they become problems.

Regulatory Readiness

Prepare for emerging AI legislation, industry standards and international compliance.

Product Review

Independent review of AI-enabled products before market launch.

Responsible AI Strategy

Develop long-term AI roadmaps aligned with business objectives.

Risk & Assurance

Independent assurance programs for boards, executives and investors.

AI Policy Development

Internal policies for employees, developers and executive teams.

Child Safety & Digital Wellbeing

Specialist advisory relating to AI systems involving children and vulnerable users.

Certification Preparation

Prepare organisations and products for future SAFE Standard certification pathways.

Executive & Board Advisory

Strategic advice for directors, investors and executive leadership teams.

Engagement Process

A structured pathway from first contact to active engagement.

1

Initial Enquiry

Tell us about your organisation, project and objectives.

2

Discovery Review

Our team reviews your submission, supporting material and publicly available information.

3

Internal Assessment

We conduct an initial strategic assessment and identify opportunities, risks and likely engagement scope.

4

Proposal

You receive a tailored proposal outlining objectives, recommended approach, expected outcomes, timeframes and commercial proposal.

5

Advisory Engagement

Work directly with SAFE Standard specialists throughout the engagement.

Typical Engagements

Examples only.

AI Startup ReviewAI Governance FrameworkEnterprise AI Risk AssessmentGovernment AdvisoryAI Procurement Due DiligenceAI Product Safety ReviewAI Policy DevelopmentBoard WorkshopsAI Readiness AssessmentChild Safety AssessmentResponsible AI StrategyRegulatory Gap Analysis

Who We Work With

We support organisations including:

Technology CompaniesStartupsGovernmentEducationHealthcareFinancial ServicesDefenceMiningManufacturingEnterpriseNot-for-profitsInvestorsBoardsRegulators

Every Engagement Is Different

Rather than fixed pricing, each engagement is scoped individually based on:

Project complexity
Size of organisation
Required expertise
Timeframe
Number of stakeholders
Deliverables required

This allows us to provide recommendations that are proportionate, practical and commercially realistic.

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Tell us about your organisation and AI project.

The more context you provide, the better our discovery review. Fields marked with * are required.

Organisation Details

About Your Organisation & AI Project

What Outcomes Are You Hoping To Achieve?

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Supporting Material

Have existing documentation — PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, policies, architecture, product documentation, risk registers or whitepapers? Once you’ve submitted this enquiry, you can email supporting material to safe@safestandard.ai and we’ll add it to your review.

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Submitting this form does not create an engagement. We review the information provided solely to prepare a tailored proposal.