How certification works

A Fijishi finding answers one question about one named AI decision: does it meet the rule that binds it, and can the firm show who was accountable for it and who could stop it?

Fijishi sells no insurance, builds or sells no AI, and does no consulting work, so it has nothing to gain from what a finding says.

  1. Intake
    The firm names the AI system, the decision it makes, the jurisdiction and the rule. We confirm the scope, the turnaround and the fee in writing before any work begins. Intake has no fee.
  2. The rule is named
    Each engagement measures against a rule or standard that applies to the system, named at intake - not Fijishi's own view. A Kill-Switch Certificate may instead measure against a regulator's published draft rule, or a rule adopted but not yet in application, as a readiness finding that says so. The Baseline Review measures only against a standard in force. Fijishi's own draft criteria, in Standards in development, are not the standard it certifies against; the first, FWD-1 Stopping an AI decision, is open for public comment until 15 January 2027.
  3. Evidence
    We work from the firm's own records: system documentation, decision logs, override and review records, vendor contracts and governance papers. We also accept work others have done as evidence - for example an ISO/IEC 42001 certificate, an AIUC-1 report, a model validation report or test results. Each is read for what it shows about the named decision; none is taken as a finding in itself.
  4. Examination
    We examine how the decision can be stopped or reviewed, by whom, how quickly, and what record that produces, and we reconstruct at least one decision from the firm's own record.
  5. The finding
    One written finding, signed by both founders: what met the requirement, what did not, and what would need to change. The client owns it outright and may share it whole, with its date and the requirement it was measured against.
  6. Validity
    A certificate is dated and valid for one year, or until the system or the requirement changes materially, whichever comes first. Renewal is a new engagement with its own fixed fee. Any certificate number can be checked by writing to protocol@fijishi.com. A client may appeal a finding within 30 days of its issue: Governance.

Independence

  • The fee is fixed at intake, before any work begins, and does not depend on the finding.
  • Fijishi does not certify a system it helped design or build, and does not design, build, sell or implement AI.
  • Fijishi sells no insurance and does no consulting work.
  • Fijishi never reviews, for a buyer, the contract for a product it has certified, and never takes a Procurement Review fee from a vendor.

How we keep these rules: Governance.

What a finding is not

A finding states what one named system shows against one requirement on the date it is issued. It is not legal advice and not a guarantee of how a regulator, a court or an insurer will decide. Fijishi issues its certificates under its own method, set out on this page; they are not issued under an accreditation scheme and are not ISO certificates.