Credo AI receives highest possible scores in 12 criteria—including AI policy management and innovation
Credo AI, the category-defining platform for AI governance, today announced that it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™, AI Governance Solutions, Q3 2025. The independent evaluation by Forrester Research assessed 10 vendors in the AI governance space, with Credo AI receiving the highest possible scores in 12 criteria, including AI Policy Management, AI Regulatory Compliance Audit, AI Quality and Testing Workflows, Vision, Innovation, and Adoption.
Credo AI was founded to address the growing complexity of managing AI risk, policy, and compliance across fast-evolving AI landscapes. As AI adoption accelerates, Credo AI enables enterprises to shift from manual, reactive oversight to proactive, AI native governance that accelerates business goals and keeps AI aligned with business policies. We believe our strong value proposition lies in the fact that Credo AI empowers enterprise and public sector leaders to move beyond theoretical principles and implement governance workflows that scale.
“Credo AI focuses on AI governance, full stop. It has the highest adoption rate by large global enterprises across all industries. Credo AI is a thought leader in Responsible AI and AI policy.” – Michele Goetz, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester, in the report
“We’re honored to be recognized by Forrester as a leader in the space we helped define,”said Navrina Singh, Founder and CEO, Credo AI.“We believe this recognition validates our belief that trustworthy, responsible AI isn’t just about ethics or intention—it’s about making governance operational, measurable, and embedded into the way AI gets built and deployed. From GenAI to traditional models, Credo AI gives organizations the oversight they need to scale trustworthy AI.”
Forrester’s Take on Credo AI
In the report, Credo AI received 5/5 scores in 12 criteria, including:
- AI Asset Catalog
- AI Policy Management
- AI Quality & Testing Workflows
- AI Regulatory Compliance Audit
- User Interface and User Experience
- AI Accelerators
“Credo AI excels at AI asset and controls management, transparency, and risk management. The asset catalog, policy management, policy compliance audit, accelerators, and UI/UX are superior. These capabilities align to best-practice workflows for AI governance rather than standalone features for completing tasks.” – Michele Goetz, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester, in the report
In the Strategy category, Credo AI received the highest possible scores in the criteria of:
- Vision
- Innovation
- Adoption
- Partner Ecosystem
“[Credo AI’s] vision, innovation, adoption, and partner ecosystem strategies align closely to enterprise needs. Strong relationships, customer education, and responsible AI advocacy have made Credo AI a preferred enterprise partner.” – Michele Goetz, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester, in the report
What Our Customers Are Saying
“Working with the Credo AI platform accelerated our ability to be compliant with the EU AI Act by at least 10x the speed of trying to do it manually, said Brian DeAngelis, Chief Data Scientist, AdeptID. “By partnering with Credo AI, we are able to ensure our understanding of requirements is clear from the outset, which makes downstream demonstration of evidence against controls that much easier and faster. When it comes to high-risk AI like talent matching, using an AI governance platform like Credo AI is paramount to remaining a trustworthy leader in your industry.”
What Our Partners Are Saying
“Congratulations to Credo AI for being recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for AI Governance Platforms, Q3 2025,” said Mehrnoosh Sameki, Principal PM Manager, Generative AI / Agents Evaluation Science and Governance PM Lead, Microsoft. “Microsoft is excited to partner with Credo AI to help customers accelerate trusted AI adoption on Azure. By integrating governance into the development lifecycle, we are reducing friction between data science and governance teams — enabling developers to innovate freely while ensuring organizations maintain trust, transparency, and strong guardrails. This partnership reflects our shared commitment to simplify AI governance without slowing developers down, and to empower customers to scale trusted AI governance with confidence.”
What’s Next for Credo AI
Credo AI’s roadmap continues to expand across embedded GenAI and agent governance, third-party model and vendor assurance, and scalable automation for policy enforcement and audit readiness.
“As governance moves from the margins to the center of enterprise AI, Credo AI is the trusted platform powering that shift,” added Singh. “We are proud to stand with our customers, partners, and regulators in building AI that earns and sustains trust.”
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