Industry AI leaders Microsoft, IBM, Databricks, McKinsey, and Booz Allen Hamilton join forces with Credo AI to accelerate trusted enterprise AI adoption while ensuring compliance and risk management

Credo AI, the leader in AI governance software for enterprises, today announced the official launch of the Global Credo AI Partner Program, formalizing a growing network of strategic alliances with industry leaders across cloud, data, GRC, consulting, and AI infrastructure. Launch partners include Microsoft, IBM, Databricks, Booz Allen Hamilton, EXL Service, Version1, and McKinsey, among others – creating an unprecedented alliance to solve enterprise AI’s biggest bottleneck – AI trust and governance at scale.

As enterprises race to capture AI's projected $15.7 trillion economic impact by 2030, 74% of companies struggle to achieve and scale value from their AI initiatives. Meanwhile, the AI governance market itself is exploding—growing to a projected $15.8 billion by 2030, reflecting the urgent need for governance solutions that can unlock AI's full potential while managing risk.

The cost of getting it wrong is staggering: regulatory fines, operational failures, and reputational damage that can destroy decades of value creation.

The Partner Program addresses this critical gap with a revolutionary approach: Trusted AI doesn’t happen in silos—it takes an ecosystem. Together with its partners, Credo AI is creating an enterprise-wide "trust fabric"—integrating governance into the platforms, processes, and tools organizations already use to build and scale AI responsibly.

“AI governance is no longer a nice-to-have — it's the competitive differentiator that separates AI leaders from AI laggards,” said Navrina Singh, Founder and CEO of Credo AI. “But no single company can solve this challenge alone. Our Partner Program brings together the best in AI tooling, cloud, data, GRC and services to help organizations embed trust in AI and govern responsibly, at scale.”

A Partner Ecosystem Built for Enterprise Trust

Over the past two years, Credo AI has worked closely with hyperscalers, SaaS vendors, advisory firms, and domain-specific platforms to embed governance across the AI lifecycle—from design and development to deployment and monitoring. With the Global Partner Program, this collaborative momentum becomes formalized, structured, and scalable.

The program spans over 30 partners (and growing) across management consulting, federal partners, global systems integrators, boutique partners, hyperscalers, ISVs and integration partners, distributor channel, and audit partners. Notably, many partners are also strategic customers—powerful validation that they trust and rely on Credo AI's platform for their own AI. The program is designed to deliver these four pillars of enterprise AI governance excellence:

• Integrated Governance: From AI/ML system design through production deployment and monitoring
• AI Risk Visibility & Alignment: Unified oversight across model, data, and organizational layers, providing AI teams and leaders with the visibility they need to make confident AI investment decisions
• Regulatory Readiness: Alignment with the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and vertical-specific standards
• Joint Go-to-Market Acceleration: Delivering packaged governance solutions that help enterprises adopt AI safely and faster, reducing time-to-value while maintaining compliance

"As AI becomes more deeply embedded in enterprise operations, it’s crucial to build out a robust AI governance ecosystem,” says Heather Gentile, Director of Product, IBM watsonx.governance. “IBM’s collaboration with Credo AI on Compliance Accelerators advances this goal, pooling expertise across organizations to fuel more responsible, transparent, and explainable AI.”

Trusted Partners at Launch

The launch cohort includes technology and services innovators working hand-in-hand with Credo AI:

• Microsoft — Integrating Credo AI‘s governance platform with Azure AI Foundry to enable responsible development workflows and compliance monitoring for enterprise-scale GenAI deployments
• IBM — Collaborating with IBM watsonx on compliance accelerators powered by Credo AI
• Databricks— Enabling visibility and accountability by integrating Credo AI’s Model Registry with MLflow to automatically discover and catalog AI in development or use

See the complete list of partners here.

“Our partners are fundamental to making Trust in AI real as a competitive advantage,” said Alok Panigrahy, Head of Partnerships at Credo AI. “Through this program, we’re activating a global network of leaders who understand that governance is a catalyst for enterprise AI success.”

Join the AI Governance Movement

The Partner Program reflects Credo AI’s belief that governance is a team sport — one that must bring together stakeholders across AI, data science, legal, risk, and IT to ensure AI systems are not only effective but also responsible.

“With Credo AI and our partners, enterprises can finally operationalize trust — embedding oversight directly into how AI is built and scaled,” Singh added. “Together, we’re defining a new standard for trusted AI. The question isn't whether your organization will need AI governance—it's whether you'll lead with it or be left behind.”

About Credo AI

Credo AI is the category-defining leader in AI governance, helping the world’s most iconic enterprises scale AI responsibly.

Our AI Governance Platform and proven Advisory Services empower organizations to confidently adopt and scale trusted AI — from Generative to Agentic. Our centralized platform measures, monitors, and manages AI risk, enabling customers to maximize AI’s value while mitigating security, privacy, compliance, and operational challenges. With Credo AI, teams gain a single command center for AI oversight across use cases, models, datasets, agents, and vendors. By ensuring alignment with global AI regulations, industry standards, and company values, we help future-proof AI investments and drive long-term value.

Recognized by Fast Company, CB Insights, Inc., and the World Economic Forum, Credo AI powers trust in AI at enterprise scale. Learn more at www.credo.ai.

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