THE 808 — COMPANY BOILERPLATE
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Short version (1 sentence):
The 808 is an independent Toronto advisory on cloud, AI and security —
the territory enterprises now call digital trust.

Standard version (for articles/bios):
The 808 is an independent advisory on cloud, AI and security — the
territory enterprises now call digital trust. Based in Toronto, it helps
organisations choose between vendors, take AI from pilot to production,
and put controls in place that hold up under audit. The 808 takes no
referral fees from the vendors it evaluates. Every engagement runs
through the same five stages: design and assess, implement, enable,
monitor, iterate. It also publishes The Weekly Brief, a ranked and
source-checked digest of enterprise software, SaaS, AI and security
news. The firm is led by Andrew John Baynes, who has 15 years of
experience in enterprise technology: cloud infrastructure, platform
strategy and vendor evaluation for enterprise teams.

Fast facts:
- Headquarters: Toronto, ON, Canada
- Leadership: Andrew John Baynes (15 years in enterprise technology)
- Category: Cloud, AI & security advisory (digital trust)
- Engagement model: Independent — no referral fees, no resale
- Delivery: Design & assess -> Implement -> Enable -> Monitor -> Iterate
- Service lines: AI strategy & roadmapping; vendor & tool evaluation
  across AI, SaaS and cloud security posture (CNAPP, SSPM, CIEM);
  governance, risk & compliance; implementation & integration; agentic
  AI engineering with human-in-the-loop guardrails; team enablement &
  training
- Web: https://the808.org
- Media contact: contact@the808.org
