VOL_01 / 2026 A practice in human-mediated AI

Humans for the parts of AI that need humans.

Your team is already using AI. We're the people who make sure that's working — and not quietly creating problems your board will hear about later.

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A standing
operational layer
around your AI
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The Problem

You're already deploying AI. You just don't know all of it.

By the time leadership has a meeting about "AI strategy," every department is already using something. Most of it isn't tracked, isn't approved, and isn't safe to scale.

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Shadow AI everywhere

Half your team is using ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot — without coordination, governance, or a record of what data they've fed it.

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Customer data leaving the building

Sensitive information is moving through tools nobody approved, in formats nobody is logging, with retention terms nobody read.

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Tool sprawl, real cost

You're paying for six AI subscriptions that overlap, with employees buying more on credit cards. Procurement has no visibility.

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The board is asking

"What's our AI strategy?" — and the answer right now is uneven, defensive, or invented on the spot. That changes how the next round of funding goes.

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What We Do

A standing human layer around the AI you already use.

Not a one-time consulting engagement. An ongoing relationship with structured deliverables, named advisors, and the oversight your AI deployments actually need.

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Your Advisor

A senior advisor with the work behind them.

Engagements are led by a named senior advisor with operational background — not a generalist, not a deck-maker. The person who scopes your engagement is the person who delivers it.

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Mariella Treleven

Founder & Principal Advisor

Founder of Human in the Loop Services LLC and architect of the GovernMy.ai compliance platform. Translates between regulatory frameworks and operational reality for mid-market firms deploying AI.

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Start where every engagement starts: knowing what you're actually running.

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