Vanguard · Citadel Founding Partner Programme
Help shape the future of AI governance.
Vanguard brings selected organisations into a focused evaluation of Citadel using real AI governance workflows. Work with the Moralto.AI team to test the product, provide structured feedback and decide whether ongoing use makes sense. Participation is subject to fit, capacity and an agreed scope.
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Why Vanguard exists
Validate real workflows. Build a better product.
For participating organisations, the aim is to find out whether Citadel helps people manage meaningful AI governance decisions and their supporting evidence. For Moralto.AI, the aim is to learn where the product creates repeatable value — and what needs to change.
This is a product evaluation partnership, not a discounted organisation-wide consultancy transformation. We agree a small, testable scope that reflects the capabilities available for the selected workflow.
What success looks like
Useful evidence. A clear decision.
Success criteria and deliverables are agreed for each partner. The intended outcomes include:
A clear answer on whether Citadel fits a real governance workflow
Evidence of workflow completion, usability and operational limits
A product feedback register covering issues, gaps and improvements
Defined ownership, access and evidence requirements for the evaluation
A documented decision to subscribe, scope further work or stop
A reusable product-learning outcome for Moralto.AI
Our evaluation process
Five steps. One informed product decision.
Confirm that the organisation and Citadel have a worthwhile problem to test together.
- Active AI governance need and a named executive sponsor
- A working-level owner who can participate
- An initial fit discussion on available Citadel capability
- A realistic budget path, timing and agreed evaluation boundaries
A mutual decision on whether a limited founding partnership makes sense. This is not a full AI readiness assessment.
Select a small number of real workflows rather than promising an enterprise-wide transformation.
- One or two priority AI governance workflows
- Named participants, responsibilities and success criteria
- Data handling, access, security and evidence requirements
- A written evaluation scope, duration, limits and commercial terms
A bounded evaluation plan with clear expectations on both sides.
Work with a defined, appropriately configured Citadel environment to test the selected workflows.
- Guided product onboarding within agreed limits
- Test use-case intake, reviews or decisions as supported by agreed modules
- Record usability, missing controls and integration dependencies
- Capture support effort and repeatability
Real usage evidence showing what works, what needs improvement and what remains unproven.
Assess both operational value for the partner and reusable product learning for Moralto.AI.
- Review workflow completion and user feedback
- Distinguish product gaps from client-specific configuration needs
- Record issues, risks, support effort and priorities
- Agree which improvements are reusable rather than bespoke
A transparent product-evaluation summary and a prioritised findings register.
Close the evaluation with a clear choice, not an indefinite free trial or assumed rollout.
- Decide whether to subscribe, extend under a fresh agreement or stop
- Agree any implementation or integration scope separately
- Confirm ongoing licence, support and data-handling arrangements
- Plan handover, continuation or orderly exit
An informed continuation or exit decision, with no automatic subscription or delivery obligation.
Who makes a strong partner?
A real problem and the capacity to participate.
- An active AI governance workflow to test, not merely general interest in AI
- An executive sponsor and a practical product owner
- One or two bounded use cases or review workflows
- Willingness to use a configured product and share structured feedback
- Ability to discuss commercial continuation if the evaluation succeeds
What Moralto.AI provides
Focused access, support and evaluation.
- An agreed Citadel evaluation environment and supported product scope
- Scoped onboarding and direct product-feedback sessions
- A jointly agreed evaluation plan and review cadence
- Transparent tracking of product limitations and required changes
- A documented continuation or exit decision
Participation, available functionality, evaluation duration, access, data protection, support allocation and fees are agreed before commencement. Founding status does not imply a guaranteed feature roadmap, unlimited bespoke development, permanent discounts or an automatic licence.
Clear commercial boundaries
Designed for product learning, not free consulting.
Any pilot fee, evaluation access, licence, implementation services and continuation terms are documented in the engagement agreement. Larger architecture work, custom integrations and enterprise governance design are outside the standard evaluation and are separately scoped where needed.
Product feedback informs Moralto.AI's roadmap but does not guarantee delivery of requested features. Testimonials, public references and case studies remain optional and require separate approval.
Need a readiness assessment instead?
If your priority is to establish an organisation-wide AI baseline, investment priorities and a 30-, 90- and 180-day roadmap, start with AI Readiness & Roadmap. If you already know which capabilities you need and are evaluating a governance platform, explore Citadel.
You do not need to participate in Vanguard to buy consulting services or discuss an ordinary Citadel engagement.
Partner selection
Considered individually, not automatically.
We review candidate organisations for product fit, urgency, representative workflows and the capacity to participate. If a founding partnership is not the right route, we can discuss a normal Citadel evaluation or separately scoped advisory support.