For General Counsel & Legal Teams
AI agents can create liability. Agent OS creates the evidence that you managed it.
The core legal risk of AI agents is not capability — it is unattributable action. When an agent acts without a recorded human decision, liability cannot be assigned, due diligence cannot be demonstrated, and discovery obligations cannot be met.
Chain of accountability · every action
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Intent declared
Agent states what it intends to do — before doing it. No retroactive authorisation.
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Risk assessed against your policy
Your team defines the materiality threshold. The policy enforces it.
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Named human authorisation
For consequential actions: a real person, identity-bound, reviews and decides.
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Tamper-evident record sealed
Cryptographically signed. Discovery-ready. Cannot be retroactively altered.
Governance & liability
The legal case for AI governance.
Meaningful human oversight — documented
EU AI Act Art. 22 and GDPR require meaningful human oversight of consequential automated decisions. Policy Gateway creates the evidence: who reviewed it, when, and what they decided. Not a policy statement — a record.
Named accountability, not "the AI decided"
Every consequential action is tied to a named individual — name, identity, timestamp. "The AI decided" cannot be the answer in litigation if a named human approved the action. The record proves it.
Discovery-ready documentation
The provenance record answers every discovery question: what was intended, what was the risk assessment, who authorised it, when, and what was the outcome. Structured, queryable, tamper-evident.
Your team defines the materiality boundary
Legal and compliance set the threshold for what constitutes a consequential action requiring human sign-off. Policy Gateway enforces it. You own the rules — not the vendor.
Board governance posture
When the board asks "what is our AI governance posture?" — Policy Gateway is a concrete, demonstrable answer. Every AI action is either authorised under a documented policy, or it was prevented. Policy rules are version-controlled.
Regulatory alignment
EU AI Act Art. 9 & 12, GDPR Art. 22, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001. Framework mapping document available. The audit trail satisfies Art. 12 logging requirements for high-risk AI systems.
Legal questions
What GCs and CLOs ask us.
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"If an AI agent causes harm, who bears accountability?" — The record names the authorising person, their identity, and the timestamp of their decision. Accountability is attributable. If an action was blocked or auto-approved within policy, the policy governance trail shows due diligence.
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"Can we demonstrate meaningful human oversight to a regulator?" — Yes. Policy Gateway produces a structured record of every consequential decision, showing the reviewer identity, decision timestamp, and the full context they saw. That is the evidence for Art. 22 compliance.
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"What does our AI action record look like in discovery?" — Every action produces a structured JSON artifact: intent, risk assessment, reviewer identity, decision, timestamp, outcome, cryptographic hash. Queryable. Exportable. Tamper-evident.
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"Who controls the threshold for human sign-off?" — Your legal and compliance function. You define what constitutes a consequential action — external commitments, financial actions, data processing decisions. Policy Gateway enforces whatever threshold you set.
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"Does this satisfy EU AI Act requirements?" — Art. 9 (risk management), Art. 12 (record-keeping), and the human oversight requirements of Art. 22 are directly addressed. Full framework mapping available on request.
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"What is our board-level AI governance posture?" — Concrete and demonstrable: every AI agent action is either authorised by a named person under a documented, version-controlled policy — or it was prevented. That is an answer you can give to any board, regulator, or insurer.
Governance review
Agent OS does not slow AI adoption — it makes AI adoption defensible.
A structured conversation about your AI governance posture, your regulatory obligations, and how Policy Gateway creates the evidence trail your organisation needs.
We'll also send the EU AI Act and GDPR framework mapping document.