See every AI system.
AI governance you can prove.
CXO Ready inventories every AI system across your business, scores your regulatory posture against the EU AI Act and GDPR, and gives your team a prioritised plan to close the gaps.
Every AI system, owner, and risk in one register
Blended governance score across EU AI Act and GDPR
Action plan, evidence, and audit-ready exports
Trusted in production
VIVID Homes governs its AI estate on CXO Ready.
One of the UK’s larger housing associations, with over 1,000 staff and an award-winning AI programme, uses CXO Ready to keep every AI system inventoried, scored and evidenced.
Built around the frameworks your regulators use
How it works
Three steps to AI you can defend.
Capture your estate
Add every AI system, owner, vendor, and use case. Find shadow AI through team surveys.
Assess and score
Blended governance score against EU AI Act, GDPR, and ISO 42001, with per-system breakdowns.
Act and prove
Prioritised action plan, owner assigned, evidence captured, exportable for the boardroom.
What you get
Every screen, built for the boardroom.
AI Systems Inventory
One register for every model, vendor, and use case. Shadow AI surfaced through team surveys before it surfaces in an incident.
- Shadow AI discovery via team surveys
- Owner and sponsor recorded per system
- Risk classification mapped to EU AI Act
Governance Dashboard
One score, built from the evidence each system actually carries: legal basis, DPIA, human oversight, bias and drift controls, kill-switch and security posture. Click any number to see exactly which controls moved it.
- Best practice & regulatory controls logged
- Monthly trend lines for readiness
- Score interpretation explains every number
Action Plan & Roadmap
Prioritised tasks and a Gantt the team actually delivers against. Tasks auto-generated from scoring gaps, exportable for the board pack.
- Tasks generated automatically from gaps
- Owners, target dates, monthly analytics
- Completion metrics to show progress
Regulatory Compliance
CXO Ready translates complex EU AI Act and GDPR requirements into one indicative score, giving your board a clear view of where your AI estate stands.
It tracks every system so you can see what has been documented and what has not, and evidence the work you have done. It structures the assessment; it does not certify the outcome, and it is not a substitute for legal advice.
- Per-system applicability for GDPR and EU AI Act
- Hard-fail controls capped to prevent false comfort
- Audit-ready evidence per requirement
Built for the executive table
A single source of truth, for every leader accountable for AI.
Know what AI is running and where the risk sits.
- Full estate visibility, no spreadsheets
- Vendor and integration mapping per system
- Reviews and assurance cycles on a schedule
Quantified AI risk, mapped to EU AI Act categories.
- Risk register linked to systems and incidents
- Escalation paths with 4-tier SLA logic
- Board-ready risk reporting on demand
Compliance evidence ready before the regulator asks.
- EU AI Act, GDPR, ISO 42001 alignment
- Policy library with review cadence
- Audit logs and evidence per requirement
ROI horizon and cost-to-deliver per AI system.
- Multi-year configurable ROI horizon
- Cost-to-deliver and operational costs tracked
- Adoption metrics linked to value realised
See it yourself
Take the 2-minute AI governance health check.
Eight questions, an indicative score, and a snapshot of where you stand against the EU AI Act. Indicative only, not legal advice.
AI Governance Health Check
See how well your organisation is set up to manage AI risk, governance, and readiness.
Answer 8 quick questions to get your AI Governance score and see where your biggest gaps might be. Takes about 60 seconds.
CXO Ready is an aid, not an assurance. It helps you structure your thinking, record what you have done and see where the gaps are. It does not make you compliant, and nothing it produces is legal advice or a regulatory opinion. Scores are indicative. Responsibility for compliance stays with your organisation, and decisions with legal consequences should be taken with a qualified adviser.
Common questions
What people ask before they start.
What is AI governance software?
AI governance software keeps a register of every AI system an organisation runs, records who owns each one and what it does, and measures each against the obligations that apply to it. CXO Ready scores every system against the EU AI Act, UK GDPR and ISO 42001, then turns the gaps into an owned action plan with evidence attached.
How is this different from a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet records what someone typed. CXO Ready scores each system from the evidence it actually carries — legal basis, DPIA, human oversight, bias and drift controls, kill-switch, security posture — so the score reflects what has been documented rather than what was self-declared. It also tracks change over time, assigns owners, and exports audit-ready evidence per requirement.
Does CXO Ready make us compliant with the EU AI Act or GDPR?
No, and no tool can. CXO Ready shows you where you stand, what is missing and who needs to fix it, with the evidence to demonstrate it. Compliance remains your organisation’s responsibility, and our scores are indicative rather than a legal opinion. What we give you is the register, the measurement and the proof — the things you would otherwise assemble by hand before an audit.
We already have a GRC tool. Why do we need this?
General GRC platforms were not built for AI-specific obligations: risk classification under the EU AI Act, model drift, human oversight, shadow AI, or per-system DPIA status. CXO Ready covers that layer specifically, and exports evidence you can feed into the GRC process you already run.
What is shadow AI, and how do you find it?
Shadow AI is any AI tool staff use that has not been sanctioned or recorded — typically a subscription bought on a card, or a free assistant handling real customer data. CXO Ready surfaces it with short surveys sent across the business, so tools appear in your register before they appear in an incident.
How long does it take to get started?
Setup takes about five minutes and the free trial runs for seven days with no card required. Most organisations have their first systems inventoried and scored on day one; a full estate depends on how many teams you need to survey.
How much does CXO Ready cost?
Plans run from free for a single AI system up to £500 a month for 200 systems, with Starter at £50, Professional at £150 and Business at £300. Every paid plan includes unlimited users, so cost scales with the size of your AI estate rather than headcount.
Who is CXO Ready for?
The people accountable when someone asks whether your AI is under control: CIOs and CTOs who need estate visibility, risk officers who need AI risk quantified, general counsel who need compliance evidence, and CFOs tracking return on AI investment. It is built for business use in regulated and enterprise organisations across the UK and EU.
More detail on the full FAQ.