Straits Cadence Advisory

Straits Cadence Advisory is a seven-person consultancy in Singapore that helps fintechs and mid-sized technology companies stand up an AI management system without stopping product work to do it. The founders spent several years inside a payments company's risk function and structure engagements the way an internal team would: a short gap analysis against ISO/IEC 42001, priced between $5,000 and $15,000 and completed inside three weeks, followed by an implementation phase where Straits Cadence embeds one consultant with the client for two days a week. Clients who need continuity after implementation can keep the consultant on a standing monthly arrangement, billed in the $5,000 to $15,000 range, for change reviews, supplier assessments and surveillance audit preparation. The firm also maps its work to the NIST AI RMF and to the EU AI Act for clients with European customers, and it runs an in-house training day that walks engineering and compliance staff through the standard's clauses using the client's own systems as examples. It does not certify and does not offer legal advice. Sessions are held at client offices in Singapore or remotely for the rest of Southeast Asia; delivery is available in English and Mandarin.