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Checkfirst CEO featured in the Red Swan Partners Spotlight Series

Benjamin Lambert, Checkfirst co-founder and CEO, on applied AI in the TIC industry in Red Swan Partners' spotlight series.

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Key takeaways

  1. The interview covers why scheduling is where AI pays back fastest in TIC.
  2. Benjamin explains why explainable, rule-following AI matters in regulated work.
  3. It sets out Checkfirst's focus: tools built with certification bodies, not adapted from other industries.
Short answer

Benjamin Lambert, co-founder and CEO of Checkfirst, was featured in Red Swan Partners' spotlight series, discussing how applied AI is changing operations in the TIC industry.

What the interview covers

  • How Checkfirst started with the planning spreadsheet
  • Why certification bodies need AI they can audit
  • Lessons from building with customers on their own data
  • Where AI goes next in inspection workflows

About Checkfirst

Checkfirst builds ScheduleAI, audit and inspection scheduling software for certification, inspection and accreditation bodies. Founded in London in 2021, it is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and hosts customer data in the EU. Customers include AENOR, DQS and UKAS.

About Checkfirst and ScheduleAI

Checkfirst builds ScheduleAI, AI scheduling software for certification, inspection and accreditation bodies. It allocates auditors against 35+ rules, plans whole programmes, re-plans changes and handles client date confirmation, with planners approving every decision. Customers include AENOR, DQS and UKAS.

Learn more in ScheduleAI explained or see the AENOR case study.

How ScheduleAI handles this

Checkfirst builds ScheduleAI with certification and inspection bodies, and proves it on their own data before any licence.

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Questions

Who is Benjamin Lambert?

Co-founder and CEO of Checkfirst, which builds ScheduleAI for certification and inspection bodies.

What is Checkfirst?

Checkfirst is the company that builds ScheduleAI, AI scheduling software for certification, inspection and accreditation bodies.

Who uses ScheduleAI?

Bodies including AENOR, DQS and UKAS.