ISO 27001 costs $15–80K and 3–8 months. Consultants ask the same questions, fill the same spreadsheets, bill by the hour. The wall is real and it's designed for Series A companies with compliance teams, not founders building the future.
Sinope is an AI compliance concierge. You talk to it in plain language. It maps your answers to the 93 controls of ISO 27001 in real time, validates your evidence the way an auditor would, not "is the checkbox ticked?" but "will an auditor accept this screenshot as proof?" It flags gaps, drafts policies from your actual practices, and produces a structured, auditor-ready Stage 1 packet.
Then it does something no consultant does: it remembers you. Evidence going stale? Review coming due? Sinope initiates the check-in. You respond. The packet stays current. You keep compliant.
Every audit outcome feeds back into the model. After 100 audits, Sinope knows more about what auditors accept than any individual auditor.
Built in Reykjavík. Dogfooding itself; a solo founder using his own product to get ISO 27001 during Startup Supernova. Other certs to follow.
The wall is getting higher. DORA enforcement is live. The EU AI Act hits December 2027. Thousands of startups need certification to sell into regulated markets. There aren't enough consultants. The incumbents; Vanta, Drata - charge $7.5–15K/year for enterprises with 50+ tools. Nobody is building for the 1–20 person AI-native startup that has few integrations.
Low costs guaranteed. Your audit packet is yours no lock-in. From Iceland. For the innovators.