Every era's defining technology created a certification authority worth owning. Electricity built UL. Enterprise software built the SOC 2 audit industry. AI's authority does not exist yet. We are building it.
AI products now talk to children, handle medical questions, and act autonomously within enterprises, with no independent verification of any safety claims. The box says safe, but nobody has checked the AI inside. No standard. No oversight. No safety. While regulators are beginning to respond, progress is not keeping pace with the rapid deployment of AI. Meanwhile, there have already been tragic cases in which people took AI-generated advice at face value, underscoring the urgent need for independent safety evaluation before the next preventable tragedy occurs.
No end-to-end, independent, consumer- and regulator-facing AI safety certification system exists today. Labs grade their own homework; observability vendors sell dashboards. Nobody sells trust.
The EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001 are converging on mandatory safety demonstration. Companies will soon be required to prove their AI is safe, and will need someone independent to prove it to.
As retailers, insurers, and procurement teams recognize the registry, certified products gain trust advantages while uncertified systems face growing friction. Authority compounds.
We are always looking for influential, well-aligned partners who understand why AI safety needs an independent standard, and who want to help build it. If you see what we see, we should talk.
Backers who bring more than capital: conviction in the category, a long-term view, and the network to help establish RateAI as the trusted authority for AI safety.
Leaders in regulated industries, standards bodies, and enterprise AI who recognize that independent verification is becoming a condition of doing business, and want a seat at the table as the standard takes shape.
Respected voices in AI safety, policy, and child protection who are willing to champion the need for independent certification and lend their credibility to the movement.
RateAI is led by founder, Chairman and CEO Payam Manavi, a technology executive with over 30 years of experience and founder of TOG Products Inc., alongside co-founder and CTO Harvard Young, Senior Advisor Majid Abai, and General Legal Counsel Scott Alderton of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles.
The company is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California.
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