Organisation accreditation · Five pillars · Publicly verifiable

Prove your AI maturity
on the record.

An independent, evidence-based assessment of where your organisation actually stands on AI. Assessed across the Five Pillars, placed on a five-level maturity ladder, and backed by a public verification page anyone can check.

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We thought we were further along than we were. The assessment was the first honest read we had ever had, and the verification page now sits in every bid we write, so nobody has to take our word for it.

— Chief Operating Officer · UK professional services firm

— The maturity ladder —

Five levels,
earned not claimed.

Not sure where you sit? Take the 2-minute maturity self-assessment

Level 01

AI-Aware

Getting started.

Exploratory projects and pilot teams, with a declared strategic interest in AI.

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Level 02

AI-Enabled

AI in use.

AI actively in use across products, services or operations, with measurable outcomes.

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Level 03

AI-Integrated

Embedded across the organisation.

AI embedded across multiple functions and workflows, backed by internal talent.

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Level 04

AI-Driven

Core to the business.

AI core to the business model, with governance and a track record of deployment.

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Level 05

AI-Leading

Setting the standard.

Recognised sector leadership that publishes findings and shapes industry standards.

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Your level is whatever your evidence supports. Nothing more, nothing bought.

— Publicly verifiable —

A page anyone
can check.

Every accredited organisation gets a live verification page. Clients, regulators and procurement teams confirm your level without taking your word for it.

theinstituteofai.co.uk/verify/acme-ai

THE INSTITUTE OF AI · ORGANISATION

Acme AI Ltd.

AI-Integrated

Level

AI-Integrated

Active since

2024

Expires

2027

Verified Accreditation

Credential ID

IoAI-O-0428

— What we assess —

Five pillars.
One standard.

Strategy

A board-level AI direction, owned, with a roadmap that ships.

Governance

Policy, risk and oversight you can put in front of a regulator.

Skills

The capability to use, build and govern AI across the organisation.

Implementation

AI in live operations, not pilots that never leave the lab. We look at what is actually running, who owns it, and how it holds up under load.

Impact

Measurable outcomes, evidenced and independently reviewed. Not a deck of ambitions, but the difference the work has made and how you know.

— How it works —

Evidence-based, panel-reviewed, against the Five Pillars. £99.99 to assess, eight to twelve weeks start to finish, and the criteria are published before you begin.

01
Apply
Book the assessment for £99.99. The scope is agreed and the criteria are published before you start.
02
Assess
Submit evidence across the Five Pillars. A panel reviews it against the published standard, the same bar for everyone.
03
Accredited
You receive your maturity level, a badge to display, and a live verification page anyone can check.
04
Renew
Accreditation runs at £499.99 a year, with periodic re-assessment as your AI practice moves on.

Not every organisation passes first time. That is the point.

— Common questions —

Things organisations
ask first.

Is this just a paid badge?+

No. The badge is the easy part. What sits behind it is an evidence-based assessment across the Five Pillars, reviewed by a panel against a published standard, with a maturity level you cannot buy your way past. Anyone can check the result on a public verification page, which is exactly what makes it worth holding.

We already have an internal governance framework. Why accredit?+

An internal framework proves it to yourselves. Accreditation proves it to everyone else: clients, regulators, and the teams writing your name into a procurement shortlist. The assessment is independent, the criteria are open, and the verification page turns your own good work into something a third party can rely on without taking your word for it.

What level will we be assessed at?+

Whatever your evidence supports, from AI-Aware to AI-Leading. The panel reads your submission across the Five Pillars and places you on the maturity ladder against the published standard. You cannot apply for a level and pass on ambition; the level is the finding, not the request.

What does it cost?+

The organisation assessment is £99.99, one-off. If you are accredited, the fee is £499.99 a year, which covers your verification page, your badge, and periodic re-assessment. Accrediting your staff as a cohort is priced separately on group rates.

Do you work with AI vendors?+

Vendors can be accredited like any other organisation, on exactly the same criteria. What we do not do is take vendor commissions or let a supplier relationship influence an assessment. The independence of the accreditation is the held line, because the moment it bends, the credential is worthless.

How long does it take?+

Typically eight to twelve weeks from application to result, depending on how ready your evidence is. The criteria are published before you start, so there are no surprises, and you apply when the work is ready rather than to a fixed deadline.

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