SANTA CLARA, Calif. – September 30, 2026 – Apexon, a technology services firm specializing in engineering intelligent enterprises, today announced a strategic partnership with TrustModel.ai, the independent AI Assurance Control Plane, to deliver continuous AI assurance and AI supply-chain risk management for enterprises.
The partnership combines Apexon’s expertise in AI, data, digital and quality engineering with TrustModel.ai’s independent AI Assurance Control Plane, moving enterprises from point-in-time assessments to continuous AI assurance. Apexon extends that assurance discipline from software to AI and agentic systems by leveraging its AssureAlpha™ and TrustAlpha™ platforms. TrustModel.ai adds continuous monitoring of AI and agent behavior with a TrustScore that provides a live measure of system trust and a TrustCertificate that delivers independent, third-party certification when evidence thresholds are met against frameworks including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and OWASP LLM Top-10.
The partnership will focus on the highly regulated industries of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Healthcare, and AI-enabled supply chains, where the need for continuous assurance and visibility into AI risk is growing rapidly. For BFSI, this includes use cases such as credit decisioning, underwriting and claims; in Healthcare, the focus will include AI systems operating across increasingly complex and regulated environments.
Extending AI Assurance Across the Supply Chain
As part of the partnership, Apexon has also been named a Wave-1 partner for TrustModel.ai’s newly unveiled AI Supply-Chain Risk Management capability, giving enterprises an independent, continuously updated view of the AI risk inherited from their suppliers.
AI risk increasingly extends beyond the systems an enterprise builds and controls directly. Through TrustModel.ai’s AI Supply-Chain Risk Management capability, enterprises can gain an independent, outside-in view of the AI risk associated with suppliers, without requiring integration or supplier consent to begin an assessment.
The capability combines supplier AI risk scoring with framework-mapped assessments, independent verification and continuous monitoring. Apexon will bring this capability to clients through its AI governance and third-party risk engagements, extending AI assurance across the enterprise ecosystem. AI in supply chain is one of the core focus areas for Apexon, which was recently recognized by NASSCOM at the AI Gamechangers 2026 event for its Supply Chain Risk Intelligence solution, built for a multinational transportation, logistics and warehousing company.
“Our clients are moving AI and agentic systems from pilot to production, and they need proof those systems can be trusted once they’re there,” said Sriniketh Chakravarthi, Chief Executive Officer, Apexon. “Through our partnership with TrustModel.ai, we’re integrating independent, continuous assurance directly into how we engineer and deploy AI, while extending that visibility across our clients’ supply chains. Together, we’ll help our clients scale AI with confidence, not just capability.”
“Organizations need to know not only whether an AI system was trustworthy when it was deployed, but whether it remains trustworthy as it operates and evolves, including the AI they don’t build themselves. By combining continuous verification with Apexon’s enterprise AI capabilities and reach into regulated industries, we are making that assurance measurable, auditable and ongoing across an enterprise’s own systems and supplier ecosystem,” said Karl Mehta, Founder and Chairman, TrustModel.ai.
About Apexon
Apexon is an AI-first technology services firm that engineers intelligent enterprises. Our interconnected disciplines of Domain & Strategy, Cognitive Architecture, and Harness Engineering guide every engagement, helping clients deliver meaningful business outcomes while applying collective intelligence to confidently scale from early AI strategies to enterprise-grade production systems. For over three decades, we have helped organizations by leveraging our deep and practical expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Digital Engineering, and Experience, combined with our industry knowledge across Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences to create lasting business value. Apexon is backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital.
About TrustModel.ai
TrustModel.ai, founded at Stanford StartX, is the independent AI Assurance Control Plane for trust scoring, monitoring, governance and certification of AI models and agents. Its 0 to 100 TrustScore spans 10 dimensions and maps to recognized frameworks including NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act and OWASP LLM Top-10. TrustModel.ai is independent by design, building no competing models and maintaining no cap-table conflict with the AI providers it assesses.
Learn more at www.trustmodel.ai
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