Governara replaces the spreadsheet, the SharePoint list, and the quarterly slide deck with a single structured workflow for every AI use case — from first idea to production, and everything you're accountable for in between.
Built for AI Centers of Excellence, PMOs, and governance teams at European mid-market enterprises.
Ask five people in your organization how many AI initiatives are underway, and you'll get five different answers — and at least two spreadsheets.
AI ideas live in Teams threads, personal notes, and departmental slide decks. Nobody can name all of them, let alone tell you their status.
Leadership can't see what's in flight, what's stalled, or what's quietly been duplicated across business units.
Two teams build the same copilot workflow six months apart, because neither knew the other one existed.
Without a consistent way to weigh value against effort and risk, funding follows whoever presents best — not what matters most.
When an initiative stalls, nobody can say who's accountable, who approved it, or who's meant to unblock it.
Some use cases get a rigorous review. Others get none — depending entirely on who happened to be in the room.
Spreadsheets were never built to govern a portfolio. They were built to hold a list.
| Spreadsheet-Based AI Governance | Governara | |
|---|---|---|
| Source of truth | One of several competing versions | One governed record per use case |
| Ownership | Implied, rarely enforced | Assigned, tracked, and auditable |
| Risk & compliance review | Ad hoc, inconsistent across teams | Structured, configurable assessment frameworks |
| Prioritization | Whoever presents best | Scored against value, risk, and effort |
| Approvals | Email threads and meetings | Role-based workflow with a permanent record |
| Executive reporting | Manually rebuilt every quarter | Live dashboard, always current |
| Audit trail | Reconstructed after the fact, if at all | Captured automatically, at every step |
| Stakeholder access | Screenshot it, forward it, hope it's current | Unlimited read-only access, always current |
Governara gives every AI initiative a structured record — from the moment it's proposed to the day it reaches production, and for as long as you remain accountable for it after. Leadership sees the whole portfolio, not the initiatives someone remembered to mention.
Every initiative moves through the same defined stages, from idea to production, with a full history of how it got there.
A live view of every AI initiative, its status, owner, and risk — ready to present without rebuilding a single slide.
Score business value, risk, and feasibility using criteria your organization defines — not a template built for someone else's industry.
Route initiatives to the right reviewers automatically, with clear accountability at every stage.
Every decision, assessment, and approval is recorded automatically — no reconstruction required when someone asks who approved this.
Sign in with the identity provider your organization already runs, and give every stakeholder who needs visibility a seat without pricing them out of it.
Run the AI portfolio like a portfolio — not a backlog of favors.
See which ideas actually deserve investment, and prove it.
Connect AI initiatives to the transformation roadmap, not a side list.
Apply the same governance discipline to AI that you already apply everywhere else.
Finally answer "how many AI projects do we have" with a number you trust.
Know every initiative's risk posture before it becomes an incident.
The exact stages every use case moves through inside Governara.
Every stage is tracked, role-gated, and auditable — so the right person acts at the right moment.
We're partnering with a small number of European mid-market organizations actively deploying Copilot, GenAI, and custom AI solutions to shape Governara's roadmap directly. In exchange for structured feedback, design partners get direct access to our product team and preferred commercial terms.
Cohort applications openNo. Governara is built to manage your AI portfolio — every initiative, from idea to production. Risk and compliance assessment, including support for frameworks like the EU AI Act, is part of that workflow. It's one part of a bigger system, not the whole product.
General PM tools track tasks. Governara tracks AI initiatives specifically, with the business value scoring, risk assessment, and compliance evaluation an AI use case actually needs — none of which a generic board gives you out of the box.
A spreadsheet holds a list. It doesn't enforce ownership, run consistent risk assessments, route approvals, or stay current for the people who weren't in the room when it was last updated. Governara does all four.
No. Governara sits on top of what you're already doing — it gives structure to the initiatives you already have, rather than asking you to start over.
Yes. Governara is built for business owners and executives as much as for technical teams. Read-only access for stakeholders is unlimited, so nobody is priced out of visibility.
Governara supports Azure AD SSO, so your organization's existing identity and access controls apply from day one.
Yes — Governara is a secure, multi-tenant SaaS platform built for European enterprises. Deployment and data residency details are covered in our security documentation, available on request.
A structured pilot with direct access to our product team, in exchange for regular feedback. It's built for organizations who want to shape the platform, not just adopt it once it's finished.
See how Governara gives every AI initiative a structured, auditable home — from first idea to production.
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