What AIGN – Artificial Intelligence Governance Network does

AIGN – Artificial Intelligence Governance Network operates as a governance infrastructure platform that translates AI regulation (EU AI Act, GDPR, ISO/IEC 42001, NIS2, DORA) into operational controls, role definitions and auditable evidence logic for organisations operating in regulated environments. The core technology is AIGN OS 4.0, an 8-layer operating system delivered as a DOI-registered intellectual property framework, supplemented by AIGN360 (a managed governance service operating in Design/Operate/Lead modes), the ASGR Index (a monthly sector-level readiness benchmark across 12 sectors, composite score 52/100 in May 2026) and four Radar products (Industries, Functional, Technology, Board & Audit) that convert regulatory and platform developments into governance action. The Trust Label portfolio covers Corporate, Education and AI Vendor variants, with Education Trust Label Africa co-developed with the WINAR Institute as a Kenya Pioneer Programme.

The business operates as a sole proprietorship (Travel+Feel magazine publishing e.K., Munich, HRA 97344) under founder Patrick Upmann, with six total employees and no disclosed external funding. Revenue is generated entirely through direct, email-initiated sales across subscription tiers (from €69/month candidate profiles to €9,500+/month Intelligence Desks), outcome-based placement fees (20% of first-year salary) and certification programmes. The customer base spans enterprises, banks, hospitals, software vendors, public bodies and education institutions across 50+ countries, with regional hubs in South Korea, MENA, India and Africa and a 2,050+ member practitioner network. Distribution is direct-only with no self-service checkout, no channel partners and no marketplace, supported by The AI Governance Gap Brief newsletter (18,500 LinkedIn followers, 3,000+ subscribers) and DOI-registered whitepapers that establish scientific prior art.

Name

AIGN – Artificial Intelligence Governance Network

Legal name

Travel+Feel magazine publishing e.K.

Website

https://aign.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AIGN builds DOI-registered AI governance infrastructure — an operating system, monthly readiness benchmarks and Trust Label certifications — translating EU AI Act, GDPR and ISO 42001 into operational controls for enterprises, banks, healthcare, public sector and education institutions worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Governance Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Readiness & Audit Automation (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) (HDAAAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Platforms (Model Risk, Audit, Policies) (HDAEANAE), Responsible AI Policy, Controls & Workflow Management (HDAAAMAG), Responsible AI, AI Governance & Compliance Services (BPAEAHAJ), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• AI governance software
• Regulatory compliance platform
• Governance intelligence subscriptions
• AI certification frameworks
• Managed governance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Neukeferloh (Munich)

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. AI Governance Briefing Subscription: Monthly governance-intelligence product with tiered pricing (Essential, Professional, Board Edition). Includes regulatory updates, radar snapshots, board summaries, and action lists. Subscription-based recurring revenue.
2. Radar Intelligence Products: Sector-specific, functional, technology, and board/audit governance radar subscriptions at multiple price points (Starter, Professional, Enterprise). Recurring monthly briefings with tiered pricing from €950 to €7,500+ per month.
3. Education Trust Label Certification: Tiered certification framework (Bronze, Silver, Gold) for schools, universities, EdTech platforms, and ministries. Institutional pricing on request with special rates for schools and public universities.
4. Junior AI Governance Fellowship: Global talent program for students and emerging professionals. Structured 8-week remote format with research outputs and certificate of contribution. Entry point into AIGN ecosystem.
5. Talent Network Subscription & Placement: Candidate profile subscription at €69/month plus success-based placement fee at 20% of first-year salary. Talent Access Subscription at €490/month with unlimited candidate pool access.
6. Media Kit / Partner Placements: Partner visibility placements in The AI Governance Gap Brief newsletter reaching 18,500 LinkedIn followers. Pricing from €590 per issue to €9,600 annual partnership with category exclusivity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AIGN operates a proprietary AI governance infrastructure centered on AIGN OS, a layered operating system that translates EU AI Act, GDPR, ISO/IEC 42001, NIS2 and DORA into operational controls, auditable evidence, and clear roles. It sells subscription-based governance intelligence (monthly briefings, sector/functional/board radars, ASGR readiness index), recurring managed governance services (AIGN360), and evidence-based Trust Label certifications (Corporate, Education, AI Vendor).

Product overview

AIGN – Artificial Intelligence Governance Network is a global infrastructure platform for responsible AI governance, operating as a platform-plus-modules ecosystem. The core offering is AIGN OS 4.0, an 8-layer governance operating system that translates regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act, GDPR, ISO/IEC 42001, NIS2, DORA) into operational controls. This core platform is complemented by AIGN360 managed service for continuous governance operations. The Intelligence Hub aggregates the AI Governance Briefing (monthly subscription from €149), ASGR Index (readiness benchmarking across 12 sectors), and four specialized Radar products: Industries Radar, Functional Radar, Technology Radar, and Board & Audit Radar. Trust Label certification spans three variants: Corporate, Education, and AI Vendor, with specialized Education Trust Labels for general and African contexts. The ecosystem also includes AIGN Academy for education/certification, AIGN Circle for peer community, AIGN Talent for recruitment, and the global AIGN Network with 2,000+ members across 50+ countries. AIGN EOS provides specialized education operating system for schools. The portfolio serves organizations seeking to move from fragmented AI governance principles to coherent, certifiable, defensible governance systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIGN OS: The 8-layer governance operating system for defensible AI governance — translating EU AI Act, GDPR, ISO/IEC 42001, NIS2, DORA and other frameworks into operational controls, roles and auditable evidence logic. Current release: OS 4.0.
• AIGN360
• AIGN Academy
• AIGN Circle
• AIGN Network
• AIGN Talent
• AIGN Intelligence Hub
• AIGN Trust Label
• AIGN EOS (Education Operating System)
• ASGR Index
• AIGN Junior Fellowship
• AI Governance Radar Suite

Products and services

• AIGN OS 4.0 An 8-layer governance operating system that translates EU AI Act, GDPR, ISO/IEC 42001, NIS2, DORA and other frameworks into operational controls, clear roles and auditable evidence logic. Sold to organizations seeking defensible AI governance under regulatory scrutiny.
• AIGN360 Managed Governance Service Managed AI governance service operating governance as a recurring business function with three service models (Design, Operate, Lead), delivering monthly reviews, evidence cycles and audit readiness for organizations.
• AI Governance Briefing Monthly decision-intelligence subscription combining regulatory updates, radar snapshots, board summaries, monthly action lists and ASGR readiness signal. Tiered from €149/month (Essential) to €1,490/month (Board Edition).
• AIGN ASGR Index AIGN Systemic Governance Readiness Index - monthly dashboard measuring AI governance readiness across companies, industries, sectors, boards and regulators, published as DOI-registered global prior art.
• Industries AI Governance Radar Sector-specific monthly governance intelligence radar for industries such as Banking, Healthcare, Software, Public Sector, Insurance, Manufacturing, Energy and Consulting. Pricing from €950/month (Starter) to €7,500+/month (Industry Intelligence Desk).
• Functional AI Governance Radar Department-specific monthly governance radar translating AI developments into functional responsibilities and action backlogs for functions such as Legal, Compliance, Risk, IT, HR, Finance, Procurement and Internal Audit.
• Technology AI Governance Radar Enterprise technology governance radar monitoring SAP Business AI, Joule, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, AI Agents and platform governance, with three modules (SAP AI Radar, Microsoft Copilot Radar, AI Regulation & Risk Radar). Pricing from €950/month.
• Board & Audit AI Governance Radar Board and audit-ready governance radar providing oversight, evidence and defensible management action, with eight executive lenses (Board Oversight, Audit Committee, 24-Hour Defensibility, Regulatory Timeline). Pricing from €1,250/month.
• AIGN Trust Label Certification Verifiable governance certification with three variants (Corporate, Education, AI Vendor) and three tiers (Bronze, Silver, Gold), making AI governance visible and defensible to auditors, regulators, customers and boards.
• AIGN Academy Global education, training and certification infrastructure offering AI governance certification programmes, capability tracks and training for organizations, regulators and institutions.
• AIGN Talent Network Specialist talent network exclusively for AI Governance, Data Governance and Regulatory experts with commercial models including Candidate Profile subscription (€69/month), Talent Access Subscription (€490/month) and success-based placement (20% of first-year salary).

Quantifiable outcome

• First institution in Asia certified for AI governance (Fayston Preparatory School, Seoul, September 2025)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• WINAR Institute for AI Policy & Governance in AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-creation partnership for Africa-specific AI governance frameworks. WINAR Institute (founded by Winston Mariku, AIGN Ambassador & Regional Lead Africa) co-develops the Education Trust Label Africa with AIGN. The partnership combines AIGN OS global baseline with African contextual expertise, community relationships, and institutional trust. Partnership aims to build continent-wide AI governance infrastructure sector by sector.
• Fayston Preparatory School (Seoul, South Korea)flagshipOthers · 1 September 2025First institution in Asia and globally to receive the AIGN Education Trust Label (September 2025). Located in Yongin, Seoul Metropolitan Area, Republic of Korea. The partnership demonstrates real-world implementation of AIGN OS governance framework for education.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• OneTrust: OneTrust is the dominant trust intelligence platform spanning privacy, consent, GRC, and now AI governance. Competes with AIGN in AI governance but as part of a broader trust management suite serving similar enterprise buyers (CISO, legal, compliance).
• ServiceNow AI Governance: ServiceNow's AI Governance module embeds AI risk, model inventory, and policy workflows into its enterprise GRC platform. Comparable to AIGN on operational AI GRC but distributed through ServiceNow's much larger enterprise install base.
• IBM watsonx.governance: IBM watsonx.governance is an enterprise AI lifecycle governance platform covering model risk, regulatory compliance, and bias detection. Comparable to AIGN as an enterprise-grade AI governance stack, but bundled into IBM's broader hybrid cloud and AI portfolio.
• Deloitte AI Governance Services: Deloitte's Trustworthy AI practice offers AI governance advisory, assurance, and implementation services to regulated enterprises. Comparable to AIGN360 managed services on the advisory and assurance layer, but as part of Big 4 consulting rather than a productized platform.
• TrustArc: TrustArc delivers privacy, data governance, and now AI governance compliance solutions to enterprises. Comparable to AIGN on the compliance and certification side (Trust Labels overlap), but with a broader privacy-data focus rather than AI-specific framework depth.
• Microsoft Purview AI Hub: Microsoft Purview AI Hub provides AI governance, security, and compliance controls inside the Microsoft ecosystem for Copilot and Azure AI deployments. Comparable to AIGN on AI governance oversight but integrated into Microsoft's enterprise stack rather than sold independently.

Direct peers

• Credo AI: Credo AI provides an AI governance platform for policy intake, risk assessment, and compliance reporting aligned to EU AI Act and NIST. Directly competes with AIGN OS on operationalizing AI governance for regulated enterprises.
• Monitaur: Monitaur provides AI governance software for model risk management, audit trails, and policy compliance in regulated industries. Directly comparable to AIGN OS on AI audit, assurance, and regulatory-ready governance workflows.
• Holistic AI: Holistic AI is an AI governance, risk, and compliance platform that operationalizes AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001 controls. Directly comparable to AIGN as an AI governance SaaS targeting enterprise audit, bias, and risk management use cases.
• ModelOp: ModelOp is an enterprise AI governance automation platform focused on operationalizing AI policies, model risk, and lifecycle governance. Directly comparable to AIGN OS as a vendor-neutral AI governance operating layer for large enterprises.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aign-global

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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