The standard for AI builders · v3.2

Test the work.
Ship with confidence.

Touchstone is the governance layer for teams shipping AI into legal, privacy and security minefields. A repeatable methodology — survey, guide, build, audit, ship — wrapped around the eight domains regulators actually care about.

EU AI Act ready GDPR aligned Zero data egress
Audit · live
TS-2026-0411

SignSecure / v2.1

8-domain governance review
87/100
Production ready
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OKLawful basis documented (Art. 6.1.b)
FIXRate-limit missing on /sign endpoint
OKDisclaimer scope reviewed
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Where are you building from?

Tell us where you are. We'll point you to the right corner of the framework.

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The Framework

A proven path to production-ready AI.

Five phases. Eight principles. One auditable trail from first prompt to first customer — and every quarterly re-audit after that.

  1. 01

    Survey

    Define the idea, validate the opportunity, pick format and model.

  2. 02

    Guide

    Follow the 8-principle methodology. Session by session, version by version.

  3. 03

    Build

    Iterate with live AI feedback, version control, and checklist scoring.

  4. 04

    Audit

    8-domain review — design, legal, security, GDPR, QA, flow, FAQs, terms.

  5. 05

    Ship

    Ship with confidence. Monitor in production. Schedule re-audits.

The Audit

Eight domains. One pass.

Every Touchstone audit runs the same eight domains, in the same order — so nothing ships blind to a category of risk. Findings are triaged by severity, tied to evidence, and exportable to your evidence vault.

Private access

The audit is invite-only.

Audit results drive ship / no-ship calls. Request access and we'll open the audit for you within two working days.

Why this matters

The cost of shipping blind.

Founders are shipping AI into legal, privacy and security minefields they don't know exist. The consequences are documented, accelerating, and now codified into law.

€4.5B

GDPR fines issued in 2023 — a record high, up 168% YoY.

GDPR Enforcement Tracker
€35M

Maximum EU AI Act fine — or 7% of global turnover.

EU AI Act, Art. 99
72hr

GDPR breach notification window. Most AI startups have no process.

GDPR Art. 33
63%

Of vibe-coded apps ship with no security review.

Vercel, State of Vibe Coding 2025
Legal
Clearview AI
$75M fine — no GDPR basis, no consent, no erasure.
Security
Prompt injection
Confidential system prompts leaked via basic attacks.
Liability
Advice disclaimers
Legal, medical and financial tools — ToS gaps cost dearly.