Prove your AI is governed responsibly. Folksoft stands up your AI Management System, runs the AI risk and impact assessments, and gets you audit-ready for ISO 42001 — so you can sell AI to the enterprise.
From the first look at how you build AI to the day your certification body arrives, Folksoft runs the management system for you.
Agents assess your AI development and operations against ISO 42001 clauses and Annex A controls, surfacing gaps before your audit.
We build the AI Management System: scope, AI policy, roles, and objectives — aligned to how you actually build and ship AI.
We run the AI risk assessment and AI system impact assessments the standard requires, and keep them current.
Documentation drafted and maintained automatically; evidence collected continuously — no blank templates, no screenshots.
We connect you with an accredited certification body and guide you through Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits.
ISO 42001 is certified in two stages by an accredited certification body. Folksoft prepares you for both.
The auditor reviews your AIMS documentation and confirms you're ready for the full audit. It's the fastest checkpoint that your management system is designed correctly.
The auditor tests that your AIMS is implemented and operating effectively. Passing Stage 2 earns your ISO 42001 certificate, maintained via annual surveillance audits over a 3-year cycle.
In short: Stage 1 confirms your AI Management System is designed right; Stage 2 proves it operates — and earns the certificate. Folksoft prepares you for both and supports you through surveillance.
If any of these sound like you, ISO 42001 is likely on your critical path.
Startups building or deploying machine learning / generative AI in their product.
Companies whose enterprise buyers or procurement are starting to ask how AI is governed.
Teams that need to show responsible-AI governance to investors, partners, or regulators — for example, alignment with emerging AI regulation.
Vendors embedding third-party AI or LLMs who must demonstrate oversight of those systems.
Everything founders ask us before starting their ISO 42001 journey.
Still have questions?It's the first international standard for an AI Management System (AIMS), published in 2023. It certifies that you govern the development and use of AI responsibly — the AI counterpart to ISO 27001 for information security.
Same management-system structure, different focus: ISO 27001 governs information security; ISO 42001 governs responsible AI — AI risk, impact assessments, transparency, and oversight. Many companies pursue both, and Folksoft can run them together.
Most startups reach audit-ready in weeks; certification timing then depends on your chosen certification body's audit schedule.
Yes. Folksoft runs the AIMS for you and pairs you with a real GRC analyst from gap assessment through certification.
Book a demo and we'll scope your AI Management System and map your fastest path to an ISO 42001 certificate.