# Responsible Artificial Intelligence LLC (RAI LLC)

- **Type:** Advisory firm
- **Website:** https://responsibleai.tech/
- **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd)

A one-person New York firm founded by researcher Jiahao Chen, offering algorithmic audits, AI compliance advice and expert-witness work for regulated industries.

## Responsible Artificial Intelligence scores

Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score.

### Help when things go wrong: 1/5

No published case study, enforcement-defence matter, or named audit outcome was found for this firm anywhere online.

### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 3/5

Sole principal has strong AI-research standing (MIT CSAIL, JPMorgan Chase, Capital One) but holds no formal AI-governance certification.

### What it publishes about fees: 1/5

No pricing, fee structure, or engagement terms appear on the website, the Substack newsletter, or LinkedIn.

### Knowledge of your sector: 3/5

Named service page covers financial services, employment (NYC Local Law 144 AEDT), education and healthcare AI compliance.

### Independence from what it sells: 3/5

One-person advisory firm sells no software product, but its principal holds an undisclosed concurrent NYC government AI-policy post.

### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 1/5

No professional indemnity insurance, liability terms, or indemnification language is published anywhere by the firm.

## Sources for Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked.

- RAI LLC is an active, domestic New York limited liability company.
  - Source: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ny/6587501
  - Checked: 2026-09-20
- Responsible AI LLC was founded by researcher Jiahao Chen.
  - Source: https://raillc.substack.com/p/2022-10-announcing-rai-llc
  - Checked: 2026-09-20
- The firm's founder took on a concurrent NYC government AI role after founding the firm.
  - Source: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/03/new-york-city-quietly-hired-its-first-ai-czar-who-he/394768/
  - Checked: 2026-09-20
- The firm states a specific regulated-industry sector focus.
  - Source: https://responsibleai.tech/
  - Checked: 2026-09-20
- The firm is a one-person operation.
  - Source: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rai-llc
  - Checked: 2026-09-20

## What this provider publishes

Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages.

- Price: Not published
- Indemnity cover: Not published
- Credentials: Published
- Independent accreditation: Not published
- Client results: Not published
- How it uses AI: Not published

## Strengths

- Sole principal has substantive AI-research and industry credentials: MIT CSAIL research scientist, former Director of AI Research at JPMorgan Chase, former Senior Manager of Data Science at Capital One.
- Named, dated sector focus on regulated-industry AI compliance, including New York City's Local Law 144 automated-employment-decision-tool audits.
- Pure advisory/audit/expert-witness service model with no software product of its own, so no evident software-funnel incentive.
- Cites engagement with regulators and standards bodies (NIST, CFPB, UK ICO, Japan's FSA) and academic collaborators (Columbia, NYU, UCLA, Tufts) on its service page.

## Things to check

Each one carries the factual basis it rests on.

- No fee model, pricing, or engagement terms are published on the firm's website, its Substack newsletter, or its LinkedIn page.
  - Basis: Confirmed absent by direct review of responsibleai.tech, raillc.substack.com and linkedin.com/company/rai-llc.
- The firm's own site never discloses that its sole principal has held a concurrent NYC government AI-policy role since January 2024.
  - Basis: City & State New York reported the NYC OTI appointment; no reference to it appears on responsibleai.tech or LinkedIn.
- No professional liability insurance, indemnification terms, or standing-behind-the-work language appears anywhere on the site.
  - Basis: Confirmed absent across the site's home, about and contact content reviewed directly.

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**Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in.

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