AI governance is plumbing: the last 20% breaks without the right foundations
vasuman · x · 2026-11-07
An article aimed at CIOs, CTOs, and teams tasked with drafting AI policy argues that AI governance is plumbing.
- Teams often start with surface-level governance frameworks, but the author's core claim is that "the last 20% breaks when the first 80% don't have the right foundations."
- Governance success depends on underlying infrastructure — access controls, data flows, approval pipelines — rather than policy documents.
- A practical exploration of enterprise AI governance, useful for engineering and management teams drafting internal AI usage rules.
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