Welcome!
The AI Procurement Lab is a non-profit research organization dedicated to standardizing AI acquisition and governance for public and private sectors.
Applying AI Governance, Now
The AI Procurement Lab offers research, readiness, and educational programing designed to establish best practices, modernize processes, and upskill the workforce to help organizations apply strategic AI governance policies from the moment AI comes through the front door.
AI Governance & Risk
Establishing robust oversight across the entire AI lifecycle is critical for maintaining institutional trust. We specialize in mapping stakeholder responsibility and accountability, providing the frameworks necessary to mitigate complex socio-technical risks. Our research focuses on the differences between technology from days gone by and the unique characteristics of AI that create new risks and a new need to understand procurement's role in applying AI governance, ensuring that compliance and ethical standards are integrated into the core of every AI contract and deployment.
Strategic AI Procurement
Modernizing how organizations acquire AI is the foundation of a responsible digital transformation. We provide data-driven insights into the balance of control between buyers and sellers. By utilizing our proprietary AI procurement archetypes, we empower organizations to move beyond simple vendor assessments toward a strategic acquisition model that addresses risk-based requirements scoping, transparency and evidence-based evaluations, contractual leverage points and limits, real-world-based ROI measurement, and long-term algorithmic accountability.
Awareness & Education
Bridging the knowledge gap is essential for effective and rewarding AI adoption. We offer a suite of professional training programs, including online, self-paced certification courses and intensive half-day or full-day workshops. Our curriculum is designed for executives, policy-makers, procurement teams, and academics. Key learning objectives focus on aligning and modernizing existing procurement practices with the new demands that buying AI requires. All courses are filled with practical information and resources that can be put to use immediately.
Who we support
Public Sector
Helping local and federal agencies modernize procurement and upskill workers.
Private Enterprise
Assisting procurement teams evaluating high-risk AI tools and modernize worker skillsets.
Academic Researchers
Providing data and frameworks for AI lifecycle management.
Key Concepts in AI Procurement
Distributed AI Governance
The framework of sharing responsibility and oversight across the entire AI lifecycle. Unlike traditional IT governance, Distributed AI Governance accounts for the fluid nature of machine learning by mapping accountability between developers, vendors, and end-users to ensure no "responsibility gaps" exist.
Key Standards in AI Governance
Our work is grounded in globally recognized, international-based, consensus-built standards, guidelines, and principles.
Our AIPL co-founders and many of our esteemed AIPL Associate Members have been directly and indirectly involved in shaping these globally important practices...and remain so to this day.
Let us teach you how to harness the future.
Contact us to learn more about how to navigate the risks and benefits associated with purchasing AI - AND/OR - partner with us to conduct research.