How We Work
We work closely with your team — not around it. Everything we do is grounded in what's actually happening in your environment.
A few things we hold to in every engagement.
Honesty over reassurance
If an AI tool isn't adding value in your specific context, we'll say so clearly. Our job isn't to validate tool choices you've already made. It's to give you an accurate picture so you can make better ones going forward.
Specificity over generality
Generic AI risk frameworks are useful background reading. They're not useful for making decisions about your codebase. We focus on what's specific to your stack, your team size, and your deployment context.
Working with your team
We're not here to produce a report and disappear. We work alongside your engineers and technical leads, sharing reasoning as we go. The goal is that your team understands the findings, not just receives them.
Proportionate recommendations
Not every risk needs a complex mitigation. Some issues need a checklist. Some need a policy. Some just need a conversation. We try to match the weight of our recommendations to the actual size of the problem.
We adapt to how your team communicates.
Some teams want async written communication and structured deliverables. Others prefer working sessions and verbal walkthroughs. We adjust to what works best for your people, not what's easiest for us to deliver.
Remote and in-person engagements are both available. We're based in Niigata, Japan, and can travel within Japan for workshops and on-site sessions.
Structured engagements, scoped to your situation.
We don't offer open-ended retainers. Each engagement has a defined scope and clear deliverables.
Discovery Engagement
Typically 1-2 weeksThe right starting point for teams new to formal AI evaluation. We spend time understanding your current tool stack, how AI output enters your workflows, and what's working and what isn't. Delivered as a written summary with initial observations.
Full Audit Engagement
Typically 3-5 weeksA thorough evaluation of your AI integrations, including code review sampling, risk mapping, and governance gap analysis. Delivered as a structured report with prioritized findings and practical next steps your team can act on directly.
Workshop Engagement
Half-day or full-dayFocused sessions for specific problems. Risk mapping, review protocol design, or team training on AI code evaluation. Best suited for teams that have a specific question they want to work through together with external facilitation.
Follow-on Engagement
Flexible scopeFor teams that have completed an audit and want support implementing what was found. We help with protocol rollout, governance documentation, and answering questions that come up as findings are put into practice.
Talk through what kind of engagement fits your situation.
There's no obligation. A short conversation is often enough to figure out whether and how we can help.
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