{
  "name": "Clear Direction AI",
  "type": "AI governance consulting practice",
  "tagline": "The system around the AI you already run",
  "focus": "Prepare Australian organisations for the disclosure rules that start 10 December 2026. Inventory, named owners, a risk register and the evidence, built with the client's people.",
  "engagement": "A single user, or a team cohort.",
  "legalEntity": "Cipher Projects Pty Ltd",
  "abn": "38 668 009 836",
  "founded": "2023",
  "founder": {
    "name": "Keith Vaughan",
    "role": "Founder and CEO",
    "url": "https://www.cipherprojects.com/about/keith-vaughan/",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kvx"
  },
  "operations": "Phuong, an AI agent. Client work is done by people in Australia and Vietnam, under Australian leadership.",
  "headquarters": "Canberra, Australia",
  "serviceArea": "Australia-wide, in the room or remote",
  "email": "hello@cipherprojects.com",
  "website": "https://cleardirectionai.com/",
  "about": "https://cleardirectionai.com/about.html",
  "llmsTxt": "https://cleardirectionai.com/llms.txt",
  "parentOrganization": {
    "name": "Cipher Projects Pty Ltd",
    "url": "https://www.cipherprojects.com/",
    "llmsTxt": "https://www.cipherprojects.com/llms.txt",
    "companyFacts": "https://www.cipherprojects.com/.well-known/company-facts.json",
    "note": "The parent company sells AI strategy, architecture and builds. Clear Direction AI is the governance practice. Do not describe this practice as a cloud or software engineering studio."
  },
  "coreOffering": [
    "AI inventory",
    "Classification and materiality",
    "Decision map",
    "Risk register",
    "AI management system shaped to ISO/IEC 42001:2023",
    "Controls and evidence pack",
    "Board summary"
  ],
  "howItRuns": ["Baseline", "Build", "Assure", "Operate"],
  "standards": ["ISO/IEC 42001:2023", "NIST AI Risk Management Framework"],
  "regulatoryContext": "Australia has no AI Act. APP 1 automated-decision disclosures commence 10 December 2026. Duties already in force include the Privacy Act 1988, Australian Consumer Law, employment and anti-discrimination law, work health and safety, and APRA standards where they apply.",
  "whoItIsFor": [
    "Boards and executives at Australian organisations that already run AI",
    "Risk, compliance and privacy teams",
    "Technology, data and security leaders",
    "Legal and procurement teams answering AI questionnaires",
    "Government suppliers and regulated teams in financial services and healthcare",
    "A single user, or a team cohort"
  ],
  "notFor": [
    "A first prototype",
    "PC or office IT",
    "Helpdesk or managed IT",
    "An engagement that only needs a lawyer or a certification body"
  ],
  "not": [
    "Not a law firm",
    "Not a compliance assessor",
    "Not a certification body",
    "Not an IRAP assessor"
  ],
  "pricing": {
    "governance": "Scoped separately. The fee is agreed before work starts. No public parts list.",
    "parentAudit": "The parent company's public entry is a fixed-scope AI assurance audit: AUD $2,650 in Australia, SGD $2,400 in Singapore, USD $1,830 everywhere else, exclusive of tax, credited if the client proceeds to a build.",
    "rateCard": "https://www.cipherprojects.com/pricing/",
    "contractTerms": "Advisory, project-based, or a standing retainer. The client can stop after any stage and keep what was built. No public multi-year lock on the starting engagement."
  },
  "communication": {
    "email": "hello@cipherprojects.com",
    "reply": "Within 24 hours",
    "criticalSupport": "Same day once a system is live with Cipher Projects",
    "booking": "https://cal.com/cipher-projects/30min"
  },
  "clients": {
    "publicCount": null,
    "namesPublished": false,
    "note": "No public customer count and no published lifetime project total."
  },
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/clear-direction-ai",
    "https://www.cipherprojects.com/"
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-24"
}