Scope
We conduct scoped research on AI safety, governance, institutional risk, evaluation design, and policy strategy. Engagements are built around a specific decision, audience, and evidence standard.
Service
Custom Research Engagements
Scoped research engagements for specific policy, technical, or strategic questions.
What we do
Deliverables
- Research memo or report
- Evidence map and annotated bibliography
- Scenario analysis or taxonomy
- Executive summary and briefing deck
Engagement structure
Week 1
Question framing
Weeks 2-5
Research and synthesis
Week 6
Memo and briefing
When to engage us
You need an answer before a strategic decision
We focus research on decision utility, not academic completeness.
Your question cuts across technical and policy domains
We translate across disciplines and stakeholder needs.
You need independent synthesis
We separate evidence, inference, uncertainty, and judgment.
Internal teams are at capacity
We provide focused surge capacity without requiring a standing program.
Related services
Custom research often becomes an executive briefing.
Research outputs can be paired with workshops or governance implementation plans.
Research package
Question frame, evidence map, annotated bibliography, and executive synthesis, with enough structure for internal teams to extend the work.
FAQ
AI safety, governance, model evaluations, synthetic media, institutional risk, policy strategy, and adjacent high-stakes technology questions.
Yes. Outputs can be confidential, client-internal, or shaped for public release.
Most focused research engagements run four to six weeks, with shorter diagnostics available.
Commission research.
We can scope the question, evidence standard, and timeline.
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