Conflicts of interest and funding
Funding sources
CIAD is funded exclusively from the founders' own resources and from revenue of its training programmes. CIAD accepts no funds, sponsorship or donations from AI technology vendors, AI-focused investment funds, or entities whose products or services CIAD assesses.
For the purposes of this rule, AI technology vendors means natural and legal persons whose primary business is developing, selling or distributing AI products or platforms. The rule also covers free cloud credits, partner programmes, sponsored advisory board seats, and other non-financial benefits, where they would give the recipient an economic advantage or limit the independence of audit and training work. The institute reviews compliance with this rule once a year; the result is part of the annual report.
A detailed overview of income and expenditure will be published in the annual report of the institute.
| Funding source | Type | Effective from |
|---|---|---|
| Founders' own resources | Internal | 2026 |
| Revenue from commercial training | Commercial | 2026 |
Conflict of interest · founders and statutory body
The founders of the institute under the public register are European AI Solutions s.r.o. (ID 297 44 652) and CIAD partners s.r.o. (ID 297 26 701). Zbyšek Chudoba is ředitel a statutární orgán of CIAD.
Zbyšek Chudoba declares that he holds no stakes in any AI company and has no equity interest or options in companies developing or selling AI systems, as of the date of the last review. The declaration is renewed annually.
All consulting and advisory activities outside CIAD are disclosed in the annual report.
Conflict of interest · auditors and specialists
Everyone who takes part in an audit for CIAD must disclose potential conflicts of interest regarding the audited entity before the audit starts. If a conflict cannot be removed, CIAD will refuse the audit or assign it to someone else.
Training programmes and audits
Company training and security audits are a commercial activity of CIAD and form part of the revenue base of the institute. Clients of training programmes and audited clients have no influence over the independent findings and public outputs of the institute.
This statement is reviewed at least once a year or whenever a relevant change occurs.
Reporting a conflict of interest
If you believe CIAD or its staff are in an undisclosed conflict of interest, let us know at info@ciad.cz. We handle submissions within 14 days.
Reporting security vulnerabilities
CIAD keeps its responsible vulnerability disclosure programme, its scope, rules and deadlines in a single place, so two versions of the same policy never drift apart. The full terms, response times and safe harbour rules are on the vulnerabilities page, currently available in Czech.
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