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Pricing & engagement

Priced to your institution.

Start free. Then a fixed-fee assessment and an ongoing advisory retainer — scoped to your size, so you always know the number up front.

Before you weigh the price, weigh the exposure. One exam finding or fine runs into the nine figures. Estimate what ungoverned AI could cost you in 30 seconds — and the fees below start to look like a rounding error.
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How we work together

Three services that build on each other — diagnose, build, run. Most clients start with the assessment, scope a remediation build from what it finds, then keep it governed on an ongoing retainer. Engage any one on its own.

Step 1 · Start here

Data & AI Risk Assessment

One-time · fixed fee · 2–4 weeks

The diagnostic. A risk scorecard, a prioritized risk register, and a phased remediation roadmap — a clear picture of exactly where your AI-reporting gaps are.

$10K – $60Kone-time, scoped by institution size
Step 2 · The build

Remediation & Governance Build

Scoped project

When the assessment surfaces gaps worth fixing, a scoped build closes them — semantic layer, data lineage, output governance, plus the policies and controls. Priced to the work.

$25K – $75Kper project, scoped to the work
Step 3 · The ongoing relationship

Fractional AI Governance

Monthly retainer · ongoing

Embedded governance leadership without a full-time hire — monthly governance council, policy upkeep, new-AI-use-case reviews, and board-ready reporting. Keeps your AI governed as it evolves.

$3K – $20K+per month, by institution size

Also available: hourly advisory at $250–$400/hr for one-off questions. Every fee is fixed and confirmed in a short scoping call before you commit.

The math isn't close.

A one-time assessment runs $10K–$60K — against the $536M the OCC and Federal Reserve fined Citibank (2020–2024) for ungoverned data, before AI multiplied the exposure. Put your own number on the exposure →

Estimate your numbers by institution size

Tighten the assessment and retainer figures above to your own situation — pick your size and complexity for a 20-second ballpark. Remediation is scoped separately if it's needed. The exact, fixed fee is confirmed in a short scoping call.

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