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We certify customer-facing AI products (conversational agents, AI toys, autonomous assistants, and embedded AI features) by evaluating them against the A.E.G.I.S.™ framework's seven safety pillars and issuing a standardized A.E.G.I.S.™ rating, from A-5 Guardian, the highest safety assurance, down to A-1 Unrestricted.

Internal testing is self-certification: the vendor grading its own homework. RateAI is independent. We have no stake in your rating, our fees are tied to evaluation milestones rather than outcomes, and our results are standardized so they're comparable across vendors and defensible to third parties.

Hallucination Integrity, Guardrail Resistance, Data Handling & Privacy, Ethical Alignment, Autonomy & Control, Adversarial Robustness, and Explainability & Transparency. Each is scored independently and combined into the overall A-Scale rating.

It depends on scope. A single low-autonomy agent with primarily automated testing moves fastest; public-facing consumer products with human validation and adversarial testing, or mission-critical systems with formal certification opinions, take longer. We define the timeline during scoping so there are no surprises.

Certification engagements range from $20,000 to $250,000+, scaling with scope, capability risk, human involvement, and how much the outside world will rely on the certificate. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.

Yes, and that's the point. A certification everyone passes is worth nothing. Systems that don't meet the bar receive a detailed findings report and a remediation path, and can re-enter evaluation once issues are addressed.

Certifications carry a re-certification cycle, and our monitoring subscriptions continuously test for behavioral drift between formal reassessments. Material changes to your system trigger reassessment to keep your rating current and defensible.

A public directory of certified AI products with verifiable certification IDs. Retailers, procurement teams, insurers, and parents can check any product's certification status in seconds. Certified products gain visibility; uncertified claims can be verified, and disproven.

Our PRO and ENTERPRISE tiers include compliance mapping to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001, and our certification artifacts are designed as defensible evidence in regulatory reviews. Certification supports and accelerates compliance; formal regulatory determinations remain with the relevant authorities.

Request a free safety benchmark for one AI agent through our contact page. You'll see your risk profile before committing to anything, and we'll recommend the right tier from there.