For growth-stage and mid-market companies adopting AI faster than they can govern it. We design fixed-scope engagements that take you from no governance to a fully operational risk framework — built by operators, not lawyers.
Most growing companies adopted AI tools the way they adopt anything else useful — bottom-up, without coordination. The result: a real risk surface no one has mapped, a policy that doesn't exist or no one has read, and regulatory exposure that grows month by month.
The average mid-market company has 30+ AI tools in use. Most leaders can name fewer than ten. The rest are someone's free-tier login.
A draft sitting in a folder. A page in the handbook nobody updated since 2023. A prohibition employees route around because it's not workable.
EU AI Act, state-level laws, sector rules, customer questionnaires, investor diligence. Each one wants a coherent answer. Most companies don't have one.
Most clients start with the Build to get the framework in place, then move to the Retainer to keep it current. You can also engage us for either independently.
A fixed-scope, 3-month engagement that takes you from no governance to a fully operational AI risk framework. Six custom-built deliverables, leadership and manager training, internal owner handoff.
Learn more about the Build →A monthly retainer for clients who've built their framework and need to keep it alive. Quarterly reviews, vendor risk reviews, regulatory updates, and an on-call governance partner for board, audit, and customer questions.
Learn more about the Retainer →A mid-market food packaging manufacturer with no QMS and no certification. Six years later — a fully operational quality management system, SQF certification, and a perfect audit record.
Paige Packaging had no quality management system and no food safety certification. As a manufacturer of paperboard stock and corrugated boxes for food brands, certification wasn't optional — it was a prerequisite for the contracts they needed to win and keep.
We built their QMS from the ground up: documented procedures, internal audit protocols, corrective action processes, training frameworks, and vendor controls. Every element designed to function without us in the room — and to hold up under rigorous third-party scrutiny.
SQF certification achieved. Six consecutive recertification audits. Six consecutive "Excellent" ratings — the highest designation SQF awards. The framework has outlasted personnel changes, facility expansions, and customer audits on top of the annual certification cycle.
Why it matters for AI governance. A board member asking about AI risk, an investor running diligence, a regulator examining your data practices — the question is always the same: do you have a real system, or just a policy document? We build real systems. Paige Packaging proved they hold up under pressure, year after year.
Most AI governance comes from law firms or large consulting houses. You get a legally sound document, a large invoice, and no help making it work inside the actual business.
ClearpathAI is built by operators. We've spent careers building processes that survive contact with reality: policies people follow, frameworks that outlast leadership changes, governance that doesn't depend on a single person remembering to do something.
You know the full investment before we start. No billable-hour surprises, no scope creep.
Every deliverable is shaped around your tools, your industry, your regulatory exposure. Not a template with your logo.
If your team can't read the policy in five minutes and explain it in their own words, it isn't a policy.
We train an internal owner so the framework lives on. You don't have to keep us forever.
We'll talk through where you are, what your specific risk picture looks like, and whether we're a fit. If we're not, we'll tell you and point you to who is.
No sales pressure. If you're not the right fit, we'll tell you.