By Ryan Daws
Publication Date: 2026-08-04 16:07:00
Red Hat has launched asago, an open-source community project that aims to turn AI governance policy into production-ready deployment code.
The project describes itself as an automated, auditable workflow that connects the “fragmented steps, tools, and requirements” of engineering and compliance teams. With regulation such as the EU AI Act now taking effect, Red Hat frames the choice facing organisations as: either grind AI innovation down through manual review, or let ungoverned agents run in production without anyone checking their behaviour against policy.
asago builds on Red Hat and NVIDIA’s work inside the Open Secure AI Alliance. It is being released under the Apache License 2.0, and the project is currently in its formation phase, with a repository open on GitHub for developers, academic researchers, and enterprise early adopters to review and contribute to governance.
Four stages from policy text to running controls
The workflow Red Hat describes runs across four stages….
