Who makes Tenet?
TrueMadeAI makes Tenet. Tenet is K-12 AI governance software for school districts. It connects district policy to supported direct AI use and approved backend AI operations while keeping those two data paths distinct.
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The people building Tenet.
Product decisions, district relationships, and ethics review stay close to the people named here.
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What Tenet is and where it fits.
Tenet is K-12 AI governance software. It turns district policy into controls for supported direct AI use and approved backend AI operations without pretending to replace every system a district already relies on.
See the K-12 AI governance software market mapIs Tenet a web filter?
No. Tenet is not a general web filter, student chatbot, or walled garden. It adds district policy at supported AI control points and can work alongside filtering, provider controls, product vetting, identity, procurement, and staff training.
What does Tenet govern?
Tenet Edge governs supported direct AI use on district-managed Chrome devices. Tenet Gateway is a founding-district program for approved backend AI operations inside district applications. Available controls depend on the product surface, configuration, and rollout scope.
Leadership and advisors
Meet the team.
TrueMadeAI combines product engineering, district partnership experience, and independent ethics review around Tenet.
Founder
Caleb Vail
Caleb Vail is the founder of Tenet, the K-12 AI governance platform. He built Tenet around the belief that schools need practical control over AI adoption without adding heavy infrastructure or sending sensitive student activity through unnecessary third-party systems. His background spans physics, technical problem solving, and building technology businesses.
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Strategic Advisor, Partnerships
Kirk Palmer
Kirk began his career as a high school math teacher after earning a degree in mathematics and economics. He later spent 37 years at IBM in sales, sales management, and sales training. He earned an MBA and completed IBM's Client Executive Certification through a Harvard University program. At TrueMadeAI, he supports district and education-partner outreach.
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AI Ethics Advisor
Cal Fawell
Cal is a Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar at Florida State University and holds a PhD in philosophy from UNC Chapel Hill. His research focuses on epistemology and the philosophy of language. At TrueMadeAI, he helps develop ethical-use guidance and reviews the implications of AI strategies and policies.
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