Most AI stacks
are built.
Almost none
are controlled.
Alcoden diagnoses, builds, and oversees AI and automation operations for founder-led businesses — with a systematic methodology, not professional guesswork.
- Your stack is scored across 11 AIGOV dimensions — not reviewed impressionistically
- Every finding is evidence-pinned — not inferred from vague intake answers
- Every engagement closes with a specific named next step — not a list of options
- Every deliverable is commissioned — scope before work, proof before handoff
dimensions
audit delivery
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assessment to start
The governance vacuum
AI proliferated.
Governance did not
keep pace.
In the last three years, the tools to deploy AI into business operations went from complex and expensive to accessible and near-free. The tools to govern, monitor, and control those deployments did not follow at the same speed.
Most founder-led businesses now operate AI and automation stacks that are genuinely useful — and genuinely uncontrolled. Not because the founders are careless. Because nobody built the governance layer at the same pace the tools proliferated.
Alcoden exists to close that gap systematically — with a scored methodology, commissioned outputs, and a monthly oversight cadence that treats your AI stack as what it actually is: a critical operational system.
"An AI workflow without a named owner, a documented failure response, and a known-good rollback state is not a controlled workflow. It is a bet."
— Alcoden Control Method, Commissioning Standard v2.6Workflows exist without documentation
The person who built it has moved on. The workflow still runs — but nobody knows what to do when it stops.
Changes happen without review
Someone updated a prompt, swapped a model, changed a connection. Nobody logged it. Something downstream behaves differently and no one knows why.
Data crosses boundaries nobody defined
Customer data, financial records, internal strategy — flowing through AI tools whose data retention policies nobody has read.
AI outputs reach clients without review
Proposals, invoices, communications — generated by AI and sent directly to external parties without a named reviewer or accountability chain.
Failures are discovered by clients, not systems
No alerting. No monitoring. Problems surface when a client complains — not when a control system flags them.
Find your starting point
Four paths. One question:
Where are you right now?
Every Alcoden product serves a different operational state. Read the four states and find the one that describes where you are today.
Structured diagnostic across 11 AIGOV dimensions. Drift, risk, missing control, and a prioritised fix plan.
Scoped implementation with integration contracts, preflight validation, and operator handoff documentation.
Monthly written oversight report — drift detection, change summaries, cost observations, and a specific action list.
The Alcoden methodology in template form. Self-assessments, frameworks, and control tools.
Why Alcoden
Not a consultant with an opinion.
A system with a standard.
Every claim has a source. Every finding has a severity. Every engagement has a named next step.
Systematic, not impressionistic
11 scored dimensions, observable Y/N sub-questions, and automated route recommendations. No analyst judgment in the scoring layer.
Every finding has a source
The Alcoden AI Law Registry governs how findings are classified — Directly Proven, Directly Absent, or Not Yet Proven. Nothing ships without a traceable evidence reference.
Scope first. Proof before handoff.
Every Sprint follows the Alcoden Commissioning Standard — defined scope, integration contracts, preflight validation, and documented closeout.
No hourly billing. No surprises.
Every product has a fixed price agreed before work begins. No hourly billing, no change fees, no scope creep invoices.
For founders, not enterprises
Sized, priced, and scoped for founder-led businesses that have outgrown improvised AI. Not enterprise consulting. Not freelance guesswork.
Every engagement closes with a named next step
A named product, a rationale, and a price — based on what the engagement actually found. No upsell pressure.
Who this is for
Built for teams that have
outgrown improvised AI.
Alcoden is most useful when AI and automation are already running in your business and the gap between what you know and what is actually happening is growing.
AI is in production — and nobody fully trusts it
- "We're using AI but it still feels chaotic."
- "Something broke last week and I didn't know why."
- "We keep adding tools without real structure."
Handed the AI problem — needs a process, not a freelancer
- "My CEO asked me to get AI under control."
- "I need documentation that survives whoever built it."
- "I need to report upward on this."
Wants professional structure without a service engagement
- "I want proven templates instead of a blank page."
- "I can do the implementation — I need the framework."
- "I want to stay ahead of the mess before it starts."
What the methodology produces
An actual audit result —
not a description of one.
Illustrative example of a completed Clarity Audit showing all 11 AIGOV dimensions scored and prioritised.
Fictional engagement · For illustration only
View full sample report →Every finding follows the same standard. Every score comes from observable sub-questions, not analyst preference.
Evidence-grade intake — not a questionnaire
Per-tool configuration screenshots, per-workflow step-by-step descriptions, named owners, and mandatory evidence uploads.
Scored by rules — not by judgment
Observable Y/N/? sub-questions. Scores normalise to 0–5 automatically. No two analysts produce different results for the same intake.
Every finding is pinned to intake evidence
Each finding references the specific intake field that produced it. If the evidence is not there, the finding does not ship.
One specific recommendation at close
A named product, a rationale, and a price — based on what the scoring actually produced. Not a menu of options.
For teams ready to build and watch
Alcoden
Controlled Launch
Package
The Sprint builds it under controlled conditions. The Retainer watches what was built and catches what drifts next. One agreement, continuous control.
- Starter or Expanded Sprint — 1–3 workflows scoped and commissioned
- Integration contracts, preflight validation, and documented operator handoff
- 3 months of Oversight Retainer — monthly drift monitoring and written report
- Monthly escalation signal when Sprint work is identified
- One agreement. One relationship. Continuous control.
Not ready to engage?
Start with the free
self assessment.
A structured self assessment for reviewing your AI stack against the same 11 dimensions Alcoden uses in a full engagement. Takes 10 minutes.
- AI Operations Self Assessment — HTML experience
- Observable questions across the core AIGOV dimensions
- Self-scoring guide — understand your result immediately
- Clear guide to when DIY is enough vs when to engage Alcoden
You will receive one email with your self assessment access link.
Controlled AI operations.
Starting today.
Choose your starting point — a free self assessment, a $2,500 diagnostic, a scoped build, or monthly oversight. Every path leads to a stack you can trust.
Audit from $2,500 · Sprint from $3,500 · Retainer from $1,200/mo · Kits from $0