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Every framework we apply is grounded in our own published, peer-reviewed research. Valuation, governance, enterprise AI, risk.

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Why It Matters

Published research. Open methodology.

Our advisory builds on frameworks we develop in-house and publish as peer-reviewed research. The methodology is documented, the assumptions are transparent, and the papers are available for download.

From our milestone-based valuation model to our enterprise AI architecture methodology — when we advise, we can show you exactly where the method comes from and why it holds.

Research Areas

Six fields. Each with a published foundation.

01

AI Valuation

Milestone-based real-options frameworks for AI-shaped business models.

02

Enterprise Risk

How AI changes governance, control design and realized risk outcomes.

03

Disclosure & Governance

How AI affects reporting consistency, governance credibility and trust.

04

Enterprise Architecture

Scalable AI deployment from a unified core framework across verticals.

05

Federated AI

Verifiable storage, governed data logic and ESG-integrated infrastructure.

06

Regulated Systems

Compliance-aware AI for regulated financial and energy markets.

Core Research Agenda

Three papers form the commercial backbone of the advisory: how AI changes firm value, how it changes enterprise risk, and how it changes governance and disclosure.

Firm Valuation When AI Shapes the Business Model — peer-reviewed research paper by Walter Kurz and Wojtek Stricker, Swissi Institute for AI
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Firm Valuation When AI Shapes the Business Model

Prof. Dr. Walter Kurz, Wojtek Stricker · Swissi Institute for AI · Pre-Print 2026

A milestone-based real-options framework for companies whose business model is materially shaped by AI. Covers integration depth taxonomy (IDL 0–3), five-component milestone state decomposition, and an AHP-based Success Readiness Index for per-option probability estimation.

ValuationReal OptionsAI Integration
02

AI in Enterprise Risk Management

How AI-enabled risk detection changes governance, control design and realized risk outcomes.

Risk ManagementGovernanceEnterprise AI
In Progress
03

Disclosure and Governance Consequences of AI

How AI affects reporting consistency, governance credibility and external trust.

DisclosureGovernanceAI Assistance
In Progress
Selected Research Base

A selected set of adjacent papers supports the broader BlackAI perspective on enterprise architecture, federated AI environments, regulated systems and AI under real operating constraints.

Generic Agnostic AI and Distributed Ledger Enterprise System for Scalable Domain Adaptation

Architecture and methodology for vertical-specific AI deployment from a unified core framework.

Enterprise AIArchitecture
2025

Federated AI Infrastructure with Verifiable Storage and ESG Integration

Federated AI infrastructure with verifiable storage and governed data logic.

Federated AIInfrastructure
2025

Tiered Compliant AI System for Regulated Financial Institutions

Compliance-aware multi-agent framework for regulated financial operations in DACH.

FinanceCompliance
2025

Functional Architecture of European Electricity Trading Markets

Requirements for AI-supported trading systems under regulatory constraints.

EnergyRegulation
2025

Research that arrives in the advisory.

Every framework we apply has a published foundation. If you want to see how that works in practice, talk to us.

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