Alpha Governance Rating (AGR) - Alpha Documentation

Overview

The Alpha Governance Rating (AGR) is the core product of the Alpha Intelligence Suite. It assesses a company’s AI governance posture across 12 dimensions and supports both Public Profiles and full Assessed Ratings. AGR functions as a credit rating analog for AI governance: independent, continuous, evidence-based, and designed for fiduciary decision-making.

What AGR Measures

AGR answers one question: Is this company governing AI in a way that protects stakeholders and enables sustainable competitive advantage? It measures governance effectiveness across:

Board oversight and accountability (D1)
Safety testing and deployment controls (D2)
Transparency and disclosure quality (D3)
Data ethics and privacy practices (D4)
Governance infrastructure maturity (D5)
Fairness and bias mitigation (D6)
Workforce and environmental impact management (D7)
Regulatory preparedness (D8)
Cybersecurity resilience (D9)
Third-party and supply chain governance (D10)
External stakeholder impact accountability (D11)
System corrigibility and human oversight (D12)

AGR Output Format

Every AGR output includes:

Field	Example	Description
Grade	`BBB`	Letter grade on the Alpha Governance Scale for Assessed Ratings; omitted on Public Profiles
Composite Score	`72.4`	Weighted score across all 12 dimensions (0-100)
Trajectory	`Advancing`	Direction of governance posture change
Watch Status	`None`	Positive Watch, Negative Watch, or None
Confidence Score	`0.78`	Confidence level based on evidence density
Methodology Version	`2.0`	Version of The Alpha Standard applied
D2R Map	`[{...}]`	Dimension-to-Regulation mapping with specific citations

Issuance Modes

Mode	What it includes
Public Profile	Full analytical content, dimension patterning, risk flags, and regulatory context without a public letter grade
Assessed Rating	Full letter grade, trajectory, watch status, and founder-reviewed determination by Steven Wolfe Pereira

API Access

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://api.alpha.ac/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/ratings/AAPL

See the API Reference for full documentation.

Use Cases

Buyer	Use Case
Board Chair	Peer benchmarking, quarterly governance assessment
Risk Committee	AI risk materiality analysis, incident preparedness
CLO/GC	Regulatory gap identification, compliance evidence
CRO	Vendor governance due diligence, portfolio risk
Institutional Investor	ESG integration, proxy voting intelligence
D&O Insurer	Underwriting risk assessment, premium calibration

​Overview

​What AGR Measures

​AGR Output Format

​Issuance Modes

​API Access

​Use Cases