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Direct, manage and monitor your AI with a single solution that speeds up responsible, transparent and explainable AI

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Govern, secure and monitor your AI. Scale your AI with confidence.

Automated AI governance is critical to maximize ROI at scale. Our enterprise-grade solution features agent monitoring, risk management and regulatory compliance. With watsonx.governance®, achieve end-to-end AI governance, accelerate responsible AI adoption and reduce manual tasks. Automated workflows and seamless integration with existing systems optimize costs and manage risk. Deploy across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

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Manage governance where your AI lives

Govern models, apps and agents deployed anywhere on any third-party tool including AWS, Microsoft and others.

Simplify the regulatory compliance process globally

Gain access to the largest pool of global compliance data, with compliance accelerators covering the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF and an expanding portfolio of emerging AI policies.

Access global AI strategy expertise—trusted worldwide

Witness a 30% increase in ROI from AI portfolios that we co-create and implement with IBM worldwide consulting experts.

Get built-in AI security

In integration with IBM® Guardium® AI Security, identify shadow AI deployments, gain visibility into security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and security risk metrics in one unified solution.

Evolving regulations and emergence of Agentic AI Fuel AI Governance imperative

IDC’s latest study explores why AI governance is both imperative and a catalyst for sustainable business growth. 

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Fuel growth with strategic AI governance

How do you scale AI adoption with confidence and get value from your AI? What are the risks? Where did you get your data? What regulations do you need to comply with? What models are you using? Which use cases are approved? Get the answers with watsonx.governance.

Governance is no longer optional

Automate and scale end-to-end AI governance of any AI: models, applications or agents with IBM or 3rd party models—including OpenAI and Amazon SageMaker.

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Take control and minimize risks now

Take advantage of automated tools and real-time monitoring of risk metrics to stay ahead of threats and help uncover security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

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AI is evolving, so are regulations

Simplify compliance with an automated process of identifying regulatory requirements and translating them into enforceable policies.

Find out more Get ready for the EU AI Act
Governance is no longer optional

Automate and scale end-to-end AI governance of any AI: models, applications or agents with IBM or 3rd party models—including OpenAI and Amazon SageMaker.

Learn more about AI lifecycle governance How to ensure transparency and automate tracking of your models
Take control and minimize risks now

Take advantage of automated tools and real-time monitoring of risk metrics to stay ahead of threats and help uncover security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

How to evaluate your models Implement trustworthy AI with IBM
AI is evolving, so are regulations

Simplify compliance with an automated process of identifying regulatory requirements and translating them into enforceable policies.

Find out more Get ready for the EU AI Act

Good governance is good business

Regardless of where you intend to employ AI in your business, watsonx.governance supports multiple use cases across industries and functions.

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Enhance decision making with trusted AI agents

Use unbiased and transparent AI across agents and assistants to make fair decisions such as who gets a loan or if a claim is approved.

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Automate audit and compliance processes

Capture detailed, contextual information about the AI risks your business might encounter.

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Improve customer care with AI guardrails

Monitor chats for red flags such as toxicity, bias and inappropriate responses by using automated alerts with AI guardrails. 

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Build RAG-based bots

Assess the quality of generated answers through quantitative measures and track model performance of RAG tasks.

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The US Open used watsonx.governance to remove bias from tournament data to increase court fairness from 71% to 82%.
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Infosys leveraged watsonx.governance to achieve a 150% increase in operational efficiency, accelerating AI project velocity without compromising oversight with over 2,700 AI use cases, processed across functions and geographies.
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Banco do Brasil uses watsonx.governance to unify AI oversight—delivering real-time monitoring, proactive alerts, and transparent compliance that build trust and agility.
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IBM used watsonx.governance to approve more than 1000 models for reuse along with 58% reduction in data clearance request processing time for third-party data.
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Ranked #1 for user experience

Our experience sets us apart. Trust the iF award-winning design (link resides outside of IBM) as your governance solution.

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See the watsonx.governance pricing tiers to get started with an integrated solution to direct, manage and monitor your generative AI and machine learning models, deployed anywhere, on cloud or on premises.

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