ModelOp 2025 Milestones: A Year in Review

The year marked an inflection point for enterprises accelerating from experimentation to scaled, governed, and auditable AI—and established ModelOp as the definitive AI governance platform for organizations seeking visibility, faster time-to-market, business insights and trust across rapidly-growing AI portfolios.

Against the backdrop of accelerating regulation (and uncertainty in the US), rising operational complexity, and the emergence of Agentic AI, ModelOp experienced a landmark year defined by growth, customer momentum, industry leadership, and innovation. From major analyst recognition and enterprise partnerships to new research and category-defining product launches, 2025 marked a pivotal moment for ModelOp and the broader AI governance market. 

Here’s a look back at the milestones that shaped an extraordinary year—and set the stage for what’s next.

Analyst & Industry Recognition for AI Governance Leadership

ModelOp cemented its position as a category leader through a series of high-profile recognitions:

• Gartner Market Guide for AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM)
  ModelOp was recognized in Gartner’s Market Guide for AI Trust, Risk, and Security Management, highlighting the company among key vendors advancing AI governance, runtime inspection and enforcement, and information governance. 
• Gartner 2025 Market Guide for AI Governance Platforms
  ModelOp was recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for AI Governance Platforms, reinforcing its leadership in helping global organizations govern and scale AI responsibly while enforcing policies and maintaining audit-ready control.
• IDC ProductScape: Worldwide Generative AI Governance Platforms 2025
  ModelOp was recognized in IDC’s ProductScape that provides a guide for the key functionalities of generative AI governance platforms. 
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified AI Governance Platforms 2025
  ModelOp was named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Unified AI Governance Platforms. ModelOp is differentiated by delivering automation that accelerates time-to-market, deep configurability and enterprise-grade integrations built for Fortune 500 environments, and an agnostic architecture that governs AI across modern, heterogeneous enterprises. 
• Netty Awards – Best AI Governance Software
  ModelOp was named the “Best AI Governance Software” underscoring its role in helping Fortune 500 enterprises accelerate AI innovation while keeping systems safe, effective, and compliant. 
• Business Intelligence Group – 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award
  Business Intelligence Group named ModelOp a 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards winner in the Explainable AI (XAI) category for its AI lifecycle automation and governance software. 

Thought Leadership 

• Achieving AI ROI Through Governance with Prudential Financial
  ModelOp hosted a fireside chat at the Ai4 2025 conference: “Achieving AI ROI Through Governance” with Omodunni Ayodele, VP of the Global Responsible AI Program at Prudential Financial. Prudential was able to cut risk reviews from weeks to hours while enabling scalable innovation with ModelOp.‍
• “Meaningful Human-in-the-Loop” Insights from Nationally Recognized AI and Healthcare Leader
  ModelOp’s long-running webinar series featured guest Shawn Stapleton, PhD, Director of AI Lifecycle Management at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Shawn provided real-world insights on the skill sets needed for people and AI to effectively and safely work together in high-stakes environments and the importance of AI lifecycle management and governance.‍
• Launch of Good Decisions Podcast
  ModelOp’s new podcast series explores human decision-making in the age of AI, featuring bold thinkers, mission-driven experts, and enterprise leaders whose work involves complex, high-stakes decisions.

Partnerships

• Engage Enterprise Accelerator Cohort
  ModelOp was selected by Engage, the prestigious and highly competitive collaborative corporate venture and innovation platform backed by Fortune 500 enterprises to join its 14th Enterprise Accelerator Program cohort—expanding access to new customers and markets across the Southeast and beyond. 
• NVIDIA Inception Program
  ModelOp joined the NVIDIA Inception Program, deepening technical collaboration with NVIDIA and opening new possibilities for how enterprises interact with their AI governance systems and scaled AI infrastructure. 
• AWS Global Startup Program & Expanded Native Integrations
  ModelOp was selected for the invitation-only AWS Global Startup Program, alongside expanded native AWS integrations designed to streamline enterprise AI governance on the world’s leading cloud platform. 
• Angularis.ai Strategic Partnership
  ModelOp partnered with Angularis.ai to deliver a complete enterprise AI Governance-as-a-Service solution.‍
• Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) Assurance Resource Provider Certification
  ModelOp announced its official membership in the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), signaling a long-term commitment to trustworthy and ethical AI in healthcare environments. ModelOp is now certified as a CHAI Assurance Resource Provider, reinforcing its role in supporting transparent, compliant AI and helping accelerate AI adoption for hospitals, health systems, and life sciences organizations.

New Product and Research

• First Agentic AI Governance Platform for Enterprises
  ModelOp launched the first comprehensive toolset for governing Agentic AI, providing large organizations with a unified way to maintain a centralized inventory of agent use cases, services and tools; Map controls to processes, frameworks & policies for LLMs and MCP tools; and enforce inline controls, block unapproved network traffic, and track usage, costs, and metrics.
• 2025 AI Governance Benchmark Report

ModelOp’s 2025 AI Governance Benchmark Report showed that speed, scale, and trust are the defining factors for the next era of enterprise AI. It highlighted a persistent gap between AI investment and production outcomes and documented how governance maturity lags AI ambition in many organizations. 

• Landmark Whitepaper – “The Enterprise’s Guide to Preparing for Agentic AI”
  ModelOp provided a practical roadmap to establish control and avoid financial, legal, and operational risk as Agentic AI reshapes business operations. 
• 2025 AI Governance Leadership Summit – “The Agentic Advantage”
  ModelOp hosted the digital event focused on “The Agentic Advantage: How Enterprises Innovate Without Losing Control,” helping technical and non-technical leaders balance innovation with safety, quality, and financial due diligence as Agentic AI moves into real-world workflows. 

Looking ahead to the new year, the momentum from 2025 underscores a simple truth: the future of AI belongs to organizations that can innovate with confidence, speed, and control. ModelOp enters 2026 with a growing ecosystem of customers and partners, a clear leadership position in AI governance, and a continued commitment to helping enterprises operationalize AI with speed and scale. As Agentic AI continues to push all of us forward, ModelOp remains focused on enabling better decisions, stronger outcomes, and trusted AI across the enterprise. Be sure to keep up to date with ModelOp on our LinkedIn.