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How to Vet AI Vendors Before Your Team Adopts Them

April 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Copilot, Notion AI, and new LLM APIs land in your stack weekly. Use this scorecard before you sign.

Every AI vendor should answer: Where is data processed? Is it used for training? What subprocessors exist? What is their incident history?

Request SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 where available. For early-stage vendors, review their security page and DPA — absence of AI-specific terms is a yellow flag.

Run a lightweight review before procurement: public docs, privacy policy, data flow diagram, and a 30-minute security call for deals over $10k/year.

Our Vendor Security Review delivers an adopt/hold/reject verdict in 2–3 days from $1,500 — often faster than legal reviewing a 40-page DPA alone.

Maintain a living vendor register with risk tier, owner, and renewal date. Enterprise buyers will ask for it.

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