Help your board make better decisions about AI.
A published standard, a diagnostic and a certification for board competence in artificial intelligence. Built by the people who have spent 3 decades placing the directors who make these decisions.
requirements evidenced by document
observed board discussion score
of S&P 500 companies disclose AI as a material risk
of their directors have disclosed AI expertise
of enterprise AI pilots show no measurable P&L impact
return on equity at companies with AI-savvy boards
Boards named AI a risk. They have not equipped themselves to govern it.
From 2023 to 2025, AI risk disclosure in the S&P 500 rose 7-fold. Technology and cyber expertise on boards climbed. AI expertise barely moved.
S&P 500 boards, 2023 to 2025
directors in a study of 75 boards report limited to no AI knowledge.
of new Fortune 500 directors have served as CTO, CIO, CDO or Chief AI Officer.
of CEOs say their boards are rushing AI transformation.
S&P 500 directors carry an AI skill tag, mostly in IT and Real Estate.
Boards cannot recruit their way out. There are not enough qualified directors. They have to be trained, as a body, to a published standard.
- AI is a mission-critical risk under Delaware's Caremark line of cases.
- AI is a primary driver of enterprise value.
- AI is the largest capability gap on the modern board.
3 levels, held by directors and held by the board itself.
Competence in a boardroom is a property of the group, not only of its members. The standard grades both, and they are allowed to differ.
Depth: the director
How far an individual understanding goes: comprehension, then judgment, then instinct.
Locus: the board's machinery
A board with 2 brilliant AI directors and no AI in its committee charters is not an AI board. It is a board with 2 brilliant directors.
The director
The board
