The Alpha Standard
Our 10-dimension rating methodology for AI governance, built for board-level decisions.
Intelligence Suite
Three scores that answer the questions every board is asking about AI governance.
Certification
The ACD.AI and ACE.AI credentials for directors and governance professionals.
What Alpha does
Alpha provides the governance infrastructure that boards, investors, and executives need to make informed decisions about AI. We answer three questions:- How well does this company govern AI? The Alpha Governance Rating (AGR) provides an independent, evidence-based assessment on a AAA-to-D scale.
- How exposed is this enterprise to AI governance risk? The Governance Materiality Index (GMI) quantifies AI governance exposure on a 1-100 scale.
- How prepared is this person to govern AI? The Alpha Governance Intelligence Quotient (AGIQ) measures individual director and executive readiness on a 0-200 scale.
Who uses Alpha
Board directors
Use Alpha Radar and AGR ratings to evaluate AI vendor governance before procurement decisions and board votes.
Institutional investors
Use AGR ratings alongside traditional credit ratings to assess AI governance risk in portfolio companies.
General counsel and compliance
Use the Standards Crosswalk to map governance posture against EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001 requirements.
Executive search firms
Use AGIQ scores and the Alpha Certified Director registry to source AI-governance-ready board candidates.
The Alpha Standard at a glance
The Alpha Standard is our complete rating methodology. It operates in four phases:Phase 1: Alpha Materiality Profile
Assess AI governance materiality across four dimensions: operational dependency, strategic centrality, risk exposure, and stakeholder impact.
Phase 2: The Alpha 10
Score governance quality across 10 dimensions, weighted by company profile (Developer, Deployer, or Hybrid).
Phase 3: Alpha Integrity Screen
Apply negative screening with ceiling logic. Critical governance failures cap the maximum achievable grade.
Alpha measures governance effectiveness, not AI capability or strategy quality. A published policy earns partial credit. Evidence that the policy was applied in a real decision earns full credit. Evidence that governance held under competitive pressure earns the highest marks.
Quick links
Rating scale
AAA to D: what each grade means and how companies earn them.
Glossary
Definitions for every Alpha term: Governance Debt, Capability Velocity, Alpha Compute Tier, and more.