Certify™ AI : Show the World They Can Trust Your AI Contractual Terms
Signal that you are committed with transparency and compliance.

Developed in collaboration with industry leaders
What is Certify™ AI?
Certify™ AI is the independent verification of AI-related contract terms. TermScout analyzes your agreements against evolving industry standards to validate compliance and transparency. The outcome is a trusted AI certification badge that builds confidence with customers and helps deals move faster.
Why AI Terms Certification Matters
AI is evolving rapidly, while regulations race to catch up. This uncertainty leaves businesses and buyers questioning whether AI terms in contracts truly protect them. Without clarity, deals slow down, risks increase, and trust in your brand erodes.
Certify™ AI analyzes AI-related contract terms against established standards for compliance, and transparency. By providing independent third-party certification, TermScout gives vendors a trusted badge that speeds up deals, builds customer confidence, and enhances brand reputation.
Accelerating Deals →
Buyers move forward faster when they see your AI contractual terms have already been independently reviewed.


Reducing Risk →
Reduce legal and reputational risk with independently certified AI commitments.
Strengthening Buyer Confidence →
Customers gain assurance that your company is proactive about transparency and compliance.

Unlock Trust and Compliance in AI Terms.
When you certify your AI terms with TermScout, you get more than a badge: you gain confidence in every agreement.
Customers Love TermScout
A great way to reduce negotiation time in B2B contracting. Great team, helpful support. TermScout is really leading the way to make contracting easier for B2B organizations like mine.

Alex Raymond
Founder & CEO
TermScout Gives Contract Negotiators a Significant Edge and Approvers Excellent Risk Transparency. I really enjoy working with the TS team and honing the software to be a key piece of the workflow for many clients who have high-volume contracts and limited people resources to review each one.

Andrew Banquer
VP, Corporate Solutions
When we look at vendor contracts, we leverage TermScout reviews and rating data to help us quickly understand which vendors are going to be easy to work with and which ones are going to require extensive negotiations.

VP, Legal
NetApp
Certification Principles
Vendors are evaluated across seven evolving categories:
Use Restrictions
Establish use restrictions for your AI offering
Transparency & Explainability
Address how customer data is used
Data Usage & Ownership
Clarify how customer data is retained
Security & Incident Response
Confirm that customers retain ownershipof their data
Transparent Communication
Commit to notifying customers of security breaches
Best Practice Commitment
Commit to ongoing conversations around best practices
Legal Compliance
Show compliance with applicable AI laws
How does it work?
Important Note — The AI Certification badge is available only to vendors who are already TermScout Certified.
Start with Core Certification
Your contracts must already meet TermScout’s standards for clarity, favorability, and compliance.

Layer on AI Certification
Certified vendors can request an additional AI Terms-specific analysis, focused on data use, transparency, data handling, security, and compliance.

Showcase Trust
Displaying both badges signals
transparent contracts overall, plus independently validated AI commitments.

Who Benefits from Certify™ AI?
Close More Deals.
Hit Quota Faster.
For sales, nothing slows momentum like a contract stuck in review. AI terms only add to the friction, creating new questions and risks for buyers.
With Certify™ AI, your contracts come independently certified for fairness, compliance, and transparency. Buyers gain confidence in your AI commitments, see less need to redline, and deals move faster to signature.
Key Benefits for Sales:
- Shorter deal cycles: Eliminate weeks of back-and-forth.
- Higher win rates: Trusted AI terms lead to quicker sign-offs.
- More selling time: Spend less time managing contract risks and more time closing business.
Reduce Review Work
Without Increasing Risk
Legal teams already spend countless hours combing through boilerplate terms. AI contracts add even more complexity, from data use and ownership to compliance and security.
With Certify™ AI, your AI-related terms are independently benchmarked against industry standards, making it clear where you stand and what truly needs attention.
Key Benefits for Legal:
- Less repetitive work: Eliminate cycles spent on boilerplate AI clauses.
- Clear benchmarking: Know instantly how your AI terms compare to standards.
- Focused attention: Prioritize emerging AI risks, not generic provisions.
Negotiate Less, Buy With Confidence
AI brings new risks to procurement, from data usage and ownership to compliance and security. Without clear standards, evaluating vendor terms is slow and uncertain.
With Certify™ AI, you replace guesswork with independent certification that validates fairness, compliance, and transparency in AI contract terms. This gives your team clarity from day one and confidence to move sourcing decisions forward quickly.
Key Benefits for Procurement:
- Shorter negotiations: Spend less time debating AI clauses.
- Independent proof of fairness: Confidence in vendor AI commitments from the start.
- Smarter decisions: Focus only on the risks that truly matter.
Drive Deal Velocity and Operational Alignment
RevOps teams thrive on speed, accuracy, and consistency. AI terms can complicate the process, slowing handoffs and adding risk when standards aren’t clear.
With Certify™ AI, contracts are independently validated before negotiations begin, aligning sales and legal from the start. The result is fewer redlines, smoother handoffs, and faster revenue recognition.
By certifying AI terms, RevOps leaders can confidently support deal velocity while reducing operational friction.
Accelerate Revenue With Certify™ AI and have Market-Ready Contracts
Finance leaders rely on clarity and consistency to manage risk and revenue. AI terms introduce new uncertainties around compliance, liability, and data usage that can stall deals and complicate controls.
With Certify™ AI, contracts are independently certified against industry standards, reducing exposure and accelerating execution. This ensures every certified deal aligns with internal policies while meeting market expectations.
From reducing liability to speeding revenue recognition, Certify™ AI gives finance teams the confidence to close business faster.
Use Certified Contracts to Build Buyer Confidence and Brand Trust
When your AI contract terms are certified as fair, transparent, and compliant, they become a marketing advantage. Certify™ AI makes your commitment to customer trust visible, turning complex AI clauses into a clear trust signal.
With independent certification, your contracts reinforce your brand’s credibility and set you apart from competitors in every deal.
Certify AI Frequently Asked Questions
As AI evolves, many organizations struggle with unclear or inconsistent contractual terms around responsible AI use.
This uncertainty often leads to slower deal cycles, stalled negotiations, and delayed revenue.
The AI Badge solves this problem by certifying AI-related contract terms for transparency, data handling, and compliance.
By building trust from the start, it helps both vendors and buyers move forward with confidence and close deals faster.
The AI Badge builds on TermScout’s Core Certification, which verifies overall contract clarity, favorability, and compliance.
Once a vendor is TermScout Certified, they can request an additional AI-specific evaluation.
This review focuses on seven key principles, including use restrictions, transparency, data handling, security, and compliance.
Displaying both badges signals that your contracts are not only transparent and fair but also aligned with responsible AI standards.
To qualify for the Certify™ IA, your contract must first be TermScout Certified.
This way, it meets standards for clarity, fairness, and compliance.
Once certified, you can provide us your AI related terms, and request an AI-specific evaluation focused on principles such as use restrictions, transparency, data handling, security, and compliance.
No additional formatting or input is needed; TermScout’s team handles the full review process.