Advisory & Co-Design (Solutions Studio)
Time-boxed sprints to build DPIAs/TIAs, AI risk registers, model cards, incident playbooks, vendor-risk scorecards, and governance KPIs.
Partnerships
Why Partner with PIA. PIA is the cross-disciplinary partner for organizations seeking deployable privacy, cyber, and AI-governance solutions— grounded in research and built for production.
You bring: products, datasets, policy goals, and real constraints.
We bring: expert faculty, privacy engineers, policy analysts, model-governance specialists, and proven playbooks.
Partnership Models
Research Collaborations
Joint studies on PETs, auditability, bias/utility trade-offs, and LLM transparency—publishable findings with optional open artifacts.
Talent & Fellowship Programs
Host fellows on real projects; access a vetted talent pipeline in Legal, Policy, Cyber, Data, AI/ML, and Product.
Learning Partnerships
Private cohorts, executive briefings, and hands-on labs mapped to your stack and jurisdictions.
Public-Interest & Standards
Multi-stakeholder convenings and policy roundtables to shape interoperable, real-world governance.
What Partners Gain
- Operational outcomes: controls you can ship (not just slideware)
- Speed & rigor: research-backed methods translated into product-grade guidance
- Cross-functional buy-in: legal, policy, engineering, and product aligned around the same artifacts
- Global perspective: multi-jurisdiction coverage and market awareness
- Talent access: fellows, mentors, and member experts for hiring pipelines
Engagement Flow
Discovery: goals, systems, jurisdictions, constraints
Scoping: deliverables (e.g., DPIA, model card), milestones, data needs
Design Sprint: interviews, architecture review, risk mapping
Build & Validate: templates, metrics, and implementation guidance
Handover: final artifacts, training, and adoption plan (with optional follow-ups)
Governance, Data, and IP (Principles)
- Data minimization & access control for any shared materials
- Confidentiality & conflict management aligned with your policies
- Attribution options for co-authored research; IP terms defined per project
- Ethics & compliance: privacy-by-design, safety reviews, and transparent assumptions
Sponsorship & Support (Optional Tiers)
Strategic Partner
Multi-workstream collaboration + co-authorships + executive roundtables.
Program Sponsor
Cohorts, workshops, or track underwriting (branding + talent access).
Fellowship Host/Sponsor
Project briefs, mentor seats, and hiring opportunities.
Collaboration Areas
- Privacy reviews for LLM/GenAI features and product telemetry
- Cross-border data mapping, SCCs, and TIA templates
- Vendor-risk scorecards and DPA clause libraries
- Incident preparedness and tabletop exercises
- PETs pilots: differential privacy, k-anonymity, synthetic data
- Policy briefs and regulator-facing transparency notes
Partner With Us
Bring us your hardest problem. Whether launching AI features, scaling SARs, or aligning with evolving policy, we’ll co-design controls that work in production.