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§ 01THE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH AI IS MEASURED

Enforce corporate policy before AI acts.

Every AI request is checked against company policy, security SOPs, and regulatory requirements before it can proceed, be reviewed, or stop.
01AI request
02 · Before actionYour controls
  • Company policy
  • Security SOPs
  • Regulatory requirements
Proceed
Review
Stop

Technology, risk, and operational teams each look for something different here. Jump to your role below.

Figure · 01Request path
Illustrative request
$4,000 fee waiver
Support workflow · sample only
LectotypeControl layer

Your policy is applied here, before the model.

  • Permissions
  • Data boundaries
  • Business rules
Approved: MODEL/WORKFLOW
What Lectotype provides

Control before, clarity during, and confidence in the outcome.

Lectotype gives organizations a consistent way to define the controls they choose, see how those controls are applied at runtime, and confirm what happens next.

Three pillars, one standard: Chosen · Clarity · Confirmed

Define the policies and rules the organization chooses.

A support agent authorized to waive fees up to $500 can't approve a $4,000 request without review, because your organization set that boundary before the request ever reached a model.

See which rules were applied, and why.

Every decision Lectotype makes is traceable to a rule. When that $4,000 waiver is flagged, you see exactly which policy triggered the hold, not a black-box refusal.

Recognize whether a request moved forward, was routed for review, or stopped before reaching the model.

The fee waiver doesn't just happen or not happen. It's approved, escalated to a manager, or blocked, and that outcome is logged and confirmed, every time.

§ 02How Lectotype works

Lectotype sits between your application and the model.

Every AI request passes through the Lectotype control layer before it reaches the model. Controls are applied before sensitive data is shared, an unauthorized action moves forward, or an issue becomes a downstream problem.

Model independence: Lectotype is model-agnostic, so governance stays separate from model choice and remains consistent as your AI environment changes.

Tap a step to see it applied ↓

Reference caseStep 01

Illustrative request

“Review this customer's account history and issue a $25,000 refund.”

Customer service workflow · illustrative example

Figure · 02Model-independent control layer
§ 03Choose your perspective

One control layer. Different proof for with every role.

Lectotype remains the ultimate reference standard. What counts as evidence changes by role: an architecture diagram, an audit trail, or a drop in exceptions. View your role below to see how it works for you.

01

AI & Technology Teams

Architecture, integration, and model flexibility

Keep governance separate from application code, with consistent controls across models and workflows.

  • Reduce reliance on a single model provider with a unified control layer.

  • Maintain governance standards as your AI stack evolves.

  • Follow an implementation path that fits existing architecture.

Examine the architecture
02

Risk & Compliance

Policy enforcement, data controls, and audit visibility

Prove policy was applied consistently, with an audit trail that holds up.

  • See every decision logged against the policy that produced it.

  • Demonstrate consistent enforcement across every model and workflow.

  • Produce an audit trail without building one yourself.

03

Operational Leaders

Reliable workflows, fewer exceptions, and predictable outcomes

Fewer exceptions reaching your team, and predictable outcomes when they do.

  • Routine requests move forward without manual review.

  • Exceptions are routed to the right person, not everyone.

  • Outcomes stay consistent as volume grows.

Not sure where to start?

Start with the AI workflow you are trying to govern.

See how Lectotype fits
§ 04Evidence in practice

Evidence from live customer deployments.

Two organizations running Lectotype in production, and the outcomes they measured after deployment.

Evidence · 001Financial services

National RIA

A regulated advisory environment where Lectotype was used to support AI-enabled advisor workflows.

$1.7T
assets under management
3×
advisor capacity
60%
reduction in compliance documentation
Outcome

Expanded the engagement after the initial deployment.

Status · Customer result
Evidence · 002Water intelligence

Prime42

Applied Lectotype in a live water-intelligence reporting environment.

Live
in production
5×
report output
Outcome

Moved from implementation into live production with increased report throughput.

Status · Production evidence
§ 05Estimate the impact
AI spend calculator

What is your AI usage costing?

Estimate your savings using what you already know: your usage, and what you pay.

How to use

Enter what you spend each month on AI for coding and for general use. The results update as you type.

Coding assistants and agents, including seats and API usage.

Chat, writing, analysis and other general AI tools and APIs.

Savings rates are fixed by workload type. See Calculation assumptions in the results.

Estimated monthly savings
by workload
$9,300

$4,800 from coding at 80% and $4,500 from general AI at 50%.

Today
$15,000
− Saved
$9,300
With Lectotype
$5,700

Coding savings rate: 80% · General AI savings rate: 50%.

Send the breakdown
§ 06THE LECTOTYPE STANDARD

A human-defined standard for AI that holds as the technology changes.

Start with a chosen reference standard: one point every comparison gets measured against. In taxonomy, that reference is called a lectotype, the specimen selected once and trusted from then on. STANDARD is that same idea applied to enterprise AI: eight areas, chosen once, that become the evidence your organization can point to.

Tap a letter to see what it stands for

01 · Sovereignty

The policy is yours, independent of which model or vendor sits behind it.

§ 07Evaluation guide

What teams ask before Lectotype goes live.

Five questions covering deployment, performance, data handling, and policy control. Open the one closest to what you need to evaluate.

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§ 08See what's possible

See how Lectotype fits into your AI environment.

Bring the AI workflow you want to evaluate and the rules that should govern it. We’ll map where Lectotype fits and what should happen before the model acts.

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