AI inventory
A maintained register of the AI systems, models and AI-enabled services an organisation builds, buys or uses, with each entry recording purpose, owner, data used, risk level and status. It is the foundation for any AI governance programme.
Why it matters
Organisations cannot govern AI they do not know about. AI now arrives through embedded vendor features, staff-adopted tools and internal builds, and each route can introduce data, contractual and regulatory risk.
An inventory lets leaders answer basic but important questions: where AI influences decisions about people, which suppliers process company data through AI, and which systems would be affected by a new regulation or a model provider’s change of terms.
In practice
For example, a UK membership organisation might discover through a short survey and a review of software subscriptions that AI is used in its CRM, its recruitment platform, a marketing tool and several staff-adopted assistants, and record each with an owner and risk tier.
Where Rodan fits
Rodan helps organisations establish an inventory and proportionate controls as a first step in AI and Decision Systems work. See also what is an AI audit and does your business need one.