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ISO/IEC 42001 for startups. From $2,000.

The certificate buyers ask for before approving an artificial intelligence (AI) vendor. An ISO 42001 certificate is issued by an independent accredited certification body, never by us. We build the program, the policies and the evidence behind it.

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What you get for ISO 42001.

The same platform every framework runs on, pointed at this one: your answers, your evidence, your documents.

AI management system scopeWhich models, products and use cases sit inside the system, who owns them, and how the 38 Annex A controls apply to each one.
AI impact assessmentA structured assessment of how each AI system affects users and third parties, covering fairness, transparency and failure modes, drafted from your answers.
Policies and the AI system inventoryAn AI policy, responsible development lifecycle, data and model documentation, and an inventory of every model in production, kept current in one binder.

How ISO 42001 runs here.

Four steps, in this order, with the handoff at the end.

  1. Step 1

    Describe your AI systems in an afternoon

    The intake asks what you build, what data trains it, where models run and who can change them. It is written for founders, not for auditors.

  2. Step 2

    Map answers to the 38 controls

    A deterministic gap analysis scores you against the ISO 42001 Annex A controls and the management clauses, and lists exactly what evidence is still missing.

  3. Step 3

    Draft policies and the impact assessment

    Your AI policy, lifecycle procedures and AI impact assessment are drafted from your own answers. You edit, approve and attach evidence in one binder.

  4. Step 4

    Certify with an accredited body

    An accredited certification body, arranged through partner firms, runs Stage 1 on documentation and Stage 2 on operation, then issues the ISO 42001 certificate.

What ISO 42001 costs.

Published where it can be published, and arranged with the firm that signs it where it cannot.

$2,000 one time for platform onboarding.

That is the intake, the gap analysis, your policies, the evidence binder and the handoff package.

An ISO 42001 certificate is arranged with an independent accredited certification body and quoted before it begins.

ISO 42001 is certified only by an accredited certification body after Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits. Polara Labs prepares the management system and evidence and is never the certifying body.

Polara Labs is not a certification body. Certification audits are performed by independent accredited certification bodies.

ISO 42001 questions.

What buyers ask, and what the work actually involves.

Platform onboarding starts at $2,000 and covers the gap analysis, policies, AI impact assessment and evidence binder. The certification body's Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits are arranged through partner firms and priced by the body.
Companies selling AI to enterprises. Procurement teams at banks, insurers and healthcare groups are adding it to vendor questionnaires because it is the only accredited certificate that covers how AI is governed rather than just how data is secured.
No, but they pair well. ISO 42001 is built on the same management system structure, so if you already hold ISO 27001 the shared clauses are done and the work is the AI-specific controls and the impact assessment.
No. Only an accredited certification body can issue the certificate, and it must be independent of whoever prepared you. We build the system, you run it, the body audits it.

Unblock the deal.

Tell us where you are with ISO 42001 and we will tell you what is left.

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Polara Labs builds both sides of the audit: the readiness platform startups use to earn a SOC 2 report, an ISO 27001 certificate or whatever their buyers ask for, and the practice OS audit firms use to run the examination. Every price is published on the page it belongs to.

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Polara Labs is not a CPA firm. SOC 2 examinations are performed by independent licensed U.S. CPA firms in our network; the audit opinion is theirs alone and is not regulated by Polara Labs. We generate custom policies, evidence checklists, and remediation guidance. You remain responsible for implementing controls and owning audit outcomes. Replace placeholders with your actual controls and have final documents reviewed by qualified professionals before your audit.