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A founder is offering audits of AI-built software to help businesses prove what their code actually does—addressing a gap where AI tools generate features but not the governance records needed to verify them.

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A founder is offering audits of AI-built software to help businesses prove what their code actually does—addressing a gap where AI tools generate features but not the governance records needed to verify them.

Key takeaway

A founder has built and is offering audits for ASE, infrastructure that creates signed receipts documenting every decision made by AI-assisted code—who asked, what authority they had, what policy applied, and what happened. Businesses that shipped products using AI tools like Claude, Cursor, or v0 often cannot prove what their code actually does when regulators, investors, or customers ask; this diagnostic service aims to reveal and help fix those gaps.

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3 Key Points

  • What happened

    Shaun Williamson has created ASE (Auditome Sovereign Engine), infrastructure that generates cryptographically signed receipts for every AI-assisted action in a codebase, recording who made the request, what authority they had, what policy applied, and what decision was made. He is now opening 10 founding-customer slots for a diagnostic service that reviews AI-built codebases and produces a report showing what the system can and cannot prove.

  • Why it matters

    Most AI-built codebases cannot answer critical questions about what their software actually does—what decisions it makes, what it allows, what it blocks, or what authority it checks—because the AI tools that generate code do not generate governance records. This creates risk for founders when customers ask, investors dig in, or something goes wrong, as there is no evidence trail to demonstrate compliance or explain decisions.

  • What to watch

    The Foundation Diagnostic is priced at $495 for the first 10 customers; after that, the price moves to $1,500. The diagnostic is not a penetration test, legal advice, or compliance certification, but a structured, evidence-backed report delivered in plain English with a developer-facing appendix. Williamson offers an Evidence Guarantee: refund if he does not deliver a clear report within the agreed scope.

FAQ

What does the Foundation Diagnostic report include?
The report includes governance gap analysis, traceability gaps, authority and approval gaps, risky routes and modules, evidence-backed claim support, what the codebase can prove and what it cannot, and prioritized remediation recommendations.
How much does the diagnostic cost and when is it available?
The founding price is $495 for the first 10 customer slots; after that, the price moves to $1,500. All 10 founding spots are currently open.

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