Hive Advisory Group helps mid-market leadership teams find the AI already in use across their people and vendors, measure it against ISO 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and put ownership, policy and oversight in place before a board, a customer or a regulator asks.
Our advisors came out of global systems integrators and top-tier consulting firms. Here you work with them directly. No pyramid of juniors billing under a partner’s name, and none of the overhead baked into a large firm’s rate card.
AI GOVERNANCE IN 2026
Sources: McKinsey, The State of AI in 2026; BCG, AI Radar 2026.
What McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG and Gartner agree on about governing AI, consolidated into ten steps, mapped to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and sized for mid-market leadership teams.
Get the brief →Senior-led, fixed-scope engagements built around the questions leadership teams are actually asking in 2026: what AI is already in use here, what are we exposed to, and who answers for it.
Targeted engagements that stand on their own, or follow on from the governance work.
For companies ready to go beyond control and build an AI program, the four phases below run in sequence. Most clients begin with the governance work above and add phases as the value becomes clear.
AI governance looks different in a regional health system than in a law firm or an accounting practice. We know the difference.
We don't hand off a deck. We stay until the value is real.
Vendor-agnostic by design. We help you choose and integrate the right platforms, we don't sell licenses.
Our advisors have worked inside the world's largest technology and consulting organizations, so you get enterprise-grade thinking without the enterprise price tag.
Hive Advisory Group is an AI governance and risk advisory practice that helps mid-market companies take control of the AI already in use across their people and vendors, and then decide where AI should create value next. Work usually starts with the AI Risk & Governance Review, a four-week gap assessment against ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. Shorter engagements cover an AI policy and acceptable-use rules, an agent readiness review and an annual AI audit. Client 360, AI Automation & Quick Wins, AI in Procurement and a four-phase strategy program are also available. The firm is based in Nashville.
Hive works with mid-market organizations and is best suited to companies up to $2B in revenue, roughly 50 to 5,000 employees. That focus reflects how the firm is built, with senior advisors from global systems integrators and top-tier consulting firms working at a scale and cost a mid-market company can absorb. Industry work spans healthcare and life sciences, law firms, accounting firms and professional services.
An independent AI advisor is not tied to selling any platform, while a software vendor's guidance naturally centers on its own product. Hive is vendor-agnostic by design. We do not resell software licenses or accept platform referral fees, and our value is in the strategy and integration rather than the license. We help clients choose and integrate the platforms that fit their situation, often working with cloud, data and automation tools already in their environment.
The first step with Hive is a 30-minute briefing with a senior advisor, with no pitch. The briefing looks at where AI is already in use in your sector, what your exposure looks like against ISO 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and what peers are doing about it. An NDA is in place before anything confidential is disclosed, and you meet your assigned advisor, with their full background, before any commitment. Ahead of any agreement, we also provide a redacted sample deliverable, our methodology and client references.
For most mid-market companies the useful first step is an inventory of the AI already in use, including tools that arrived through vendor updates and employee accounts, measured against what contracts, client commitments and the two main standards (ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF) expect. That is what Hive's four-week AI Risk & Governance Review provides, priced as a fixed fee or on outcomes. Companies that need a document quickly often begin with the AI policy and acceptable-use engagement, and companies evaluating AI agents begin with the agent readiness review. The initial briefing is usually where that choice is made.
A senior advisor will walk you through where AI is already in use in your sector, what your exposure looks like, and what your peers are doing about it.