Founding partner program

Establishing the clinical AI governance standard, with the institutions it will measure.

AIGX Health v1.2 is currently in development. AIGX Research is convening four organizations for a comprehensive governance assessment of one AI system in clinical or operational use, or in active pre-deployment, at no cost, with the findings informing the control set, evidence requirements and critical-gate thresholds prior to publication.

Scope of engagement

The boundary of this engagement, stated in full.

Assurance predicated on ambiguity has no value. The scope is therefore defined explicitly at the outset, in both directions.

In scopeOut of scope
A comprehensive control-to-obligation mapping for one AI system currently in operationAn issued AIGX rating. None have been issued, and none will be prior to publication of v1.2
Gate analysis identifying the findings that would constrain a rating under present conditionsCertification, audit opinion or regulatory clearance of any description
A documented remediation roadmap specifying owners, artifacts and sequenceA software evaluation. The platform is not the subject of this engagement
A framework review session in which participant objections are incorporatedA commercial process presented in the form of an assessment
Participation terms

What each party contributes.

Participation carries no fee. It does carry a cost: the sustained attention of your governance owners. We ask that this be assessed candidly at the outset rather than reconsidered mid-engagement.

Participant receives

Assessment deliverable

One system assessed against draft AIGX Health v1.2, delivered as a gate report suitable for board and procurement review.

Participant receives

Framework input

Direct input into the controls, thresholds and critical-gate definitions applied across the sector following publication.

Participant receives

Queue position

Priority within the issuance queue upon release of AIGX Health v1.2, together with named founding-partner attribution on the published framework, or full anonymity at the participant’s discretion.

Participant commitment

Evidence access under non-disclosure agreement; named accountable owners in clinical safety, data privacy and engineering; and approximately 12 to 16 hours of their time across six weeks.

Cohort composition

Four places, disclosed publicly.

The ledger below reflects the current state of the cohort and is updated as places are allocated. An accurate empty row is preferable to an implied level of demand.

Founding cohort · AIGX Health v1.2 Updated 07 Aug 2026
PlaceOrganizationSystemState
FP-01Reserved — regional hospital networkClinical triage · high risk classHeld
FP-02Under review — diagnostic imaging vendorSaMD · scoping completeIn review
FP-03OpenPreference: documentation or scribe systemsOpen
FP-04OpenPreference: payer or population healthOpen

Allocation basis

Places are allocated on the basis of system diversity rather than order of application. A cohort comprising four comparable systems would yield a framework applicable only to comparable systems.

Engagement sequence

Six weeks from scoping to gate report.

The sequence is ordered because each stage depends on its predecessor. Timings are indicative and follow the availability of participant evidence owners.

Week 0

Scoping

The parties agree the single system in scope, its risk classification, and the accountable owners for clinical safety, privacy and engineering. Either party may withdraw without cost.

Weeks 1–2

Evidence request

The participant receives the draft control set specifying the artifact required against each requirement. Absent artifacts are recorded as absent; assertion is not credited.

Weeks 3–4

Mapping and review

Each artifact is mapped to its obligation and assigned a state of validated, in review or blocker. Contested determinations are recorded with the participant’s reasoning, not resolved unilaterally.

Week 5

Gate report

Domain scores, open critical gates and the remediation roadmap — the evidentiary basis on which a rating would rest, designated an assessment rather than a rating.

Week 6

Framework review

The framework’s deficiencies: controls that proved unmeasurable, gates calibrated at inappropriate severity, and evidence that health systems do not in practice hold.

Selection criteria

Suitability for the founding cohort.

The determining factor is whether a system exists in production and an accountable owner can be identified.

Suitable whereNot suitable where
The organization operates at least one AI system in clinical or operational use, or in active pre-deploymentA certificate, seal or attestation is required against a fixed deadline
A procurement, board or regulatory discussion concerning that system is already scheduledThe system is a prototype without an accountable owner or a defined production path
Accountable owners for clinical safety, privacy and monitoring can be identified at the point of applicationEvidence access requires an approval chain exceeding six weeks
The organization accepts that findings will be recorded as blockers rather than moderatedThe objective is a favorable determination rather than an accurate one
Applications · two places open

Submit one system for consideration.

An application should identify the system, its risk classification as the organization understands it, and the individual accountable for its clinical safety. AIGX Research responds within three working days in all cases, including where an application is declined.

Submit an application [email protected] · Applications close upon allocation of the fourth place

Notice

© 2026 AIGX Research™. The founding partner program delivers a governance assessment and does not constitute an issued rating. AIGX Health v1.2 remains in draft and no ratings have been issued under it. Nothing on this page constitutes legal, regulatory, clinical or investment advice.