AI governance research for boards
Evidence before the approval.
Touch Stone Publishers gives directors and executives the research, decision briefs and working sessions to make consequential AI decisions they can defend later.
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All research →The Device Was FDA-Cleared Twice. Nobody Checked Whether It Belonged in Europe.
Two teams did careful, well-documented AI oversight work. Neither owned the question of whether a system crossing into a new regulator’s jurisdiction had been classified for it.
Oct 12, 2026- Sector Intelligence
The FCA Says Accountability Stays With the Senior Manager. The Model Still Belongs to the Supplier.
- Daily Intelligence
A Quarter of Companies Have Had an AI Agent Control Failure. Nearly Half Suspect Agents Nobody Approved.
- The Founder’s Ledger
The Board Praised the Pledge. No One Could Say Who Could Stop the System.
- Sector Intelligence
The FSB Wrote Twelve Practices for Bank AI Agents. The Board Decides Whether They Are Standards.
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Research Library →White Papers
Board-level frameworks with the evidence and the questions a director should ask.
All white papers →Board Briefs
Delaware rulings, filings and enforcement read for what they change in the boardroom.
All board briefs →Seminal Perspectives
The laws and patterns underneath board failures, named so they can be recognized early.
All perspectives →The Founder’s Ledger
Glenn E. Daniels II on what boards declare and what they actually build.
All entries →Sector Intelligence
One filing or ruling per brief, with the exposed companies, the positioned ones and the window.
Daily Intelligence
The development a board should know about today, with the question to ask management.
All daily briefings →Sectors we cover
Sector Intelligence →How we help boards and executives
All engagements →Private Decision Brief
A company-specific evidence base and pre-read for one consequential choice, with a recommendation, conditions and an owner.
Discuss a brief →Board Working Session
A focused agenda that surfaces disagreement and evidence gaps, and ends with a decision record and named owners.
Discuss a session →Client-Led Residency
Your team builds and runs one workflow. Touch Stone teaches and guides, and independent QA reviews before acceptance.
Discuss a workflow →90-Day Follow-Through
Optional, separately bounded evidence reviews with agreed checkpoints and a final closeout.
Discuss follow-through →Read the Chairman’s Briefing before the next AI approval.
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The work is executive decision support. It is not legal advice, a compliance certification, or a promise of liability reduction.