EU AI Act Compliance · Free 2-minute check

Find out exactly where you stand

Answer six quick questions. You'll get your likely risk category under the EU AI Act, the specific obligations that apply to you, and free templates to act on it. No email required.

Question 1 of 6

Does your organisation use AI or automated tools in hiring, recruitment, or people decisions?

Question 2 of 6

Do you have any EU exposure: employees, candidates, or operations in the EU?

Question 3 of 6

Do you use AI systems to screen, filter, rank or score people?

Question 4 of 6

Who makes the final decision about a person?

Question 5 of 6

Did you build this AI tool, or do you use one supplied by a vendor?

Question 6 of 6

Have the staff who use or oversee these tools had any formal AI literacy training?

The risk framework
Where does your AI use sit?

The Act classifies every AI system into one of four risk tiers. Your obligations and your exposure depend entirely on which tier applies to you.

Prohibited Already illegal 8 practices banned outright since February 2025. No compliance pathway. Immediate cessation required.
High risk Heavily regulated Includes CV screening, credit scoring, and access to services. Full obligations from December 2027.
Limited risk Transparency required Chatbots, synthetic media, and emotion recognition systems. Must disclose AI involvement to users.
Minimal risk No specific obligations Spam filters, recommendation engines, productivity tools. No Act-specific requirements beyond existing law.

A single organisation may have AI systems across multiple tiers. Our diagnostic maps every use case individually.

The most common mistake
"We didn't build the AI. We just use it. So it's not our responsibility."
This is one of the most common and most costly misconceptions we encounter. The EU AI Act draws a clear distinction between providers, who build AI, and deployers, who use it. Deployers carry their own direct legal obligations, entirely separate from their vendor's. Using a non-compliant or undocumented AI tool for high-risk purposes does not transfer your liability. It creates it. Article 2(1)(c) also makes clear that the Act applies to organisations outside the EU where AI outputs are used by EU citizens, meaning UK-based businesses are not exempt.

The Programme

Become a compliant AI deployer in 30 days. Guaranteed.

Non-compliance fines reach €15 million or 3% of global turnover. Our programme takes you from exposed to audit ready in 30 days or we work for free.

The 30-Day AI Act Readiness Programme

For organisations deploying AI in hiring and people decisions

£13,000 introductory rate · all-inclusive

What you get

  • Full diagnostic Executive deck and written report. Entity classification, use case risk mapping, liability exposure, gap analysis, and a prioritised roadmap.
  • Every required deployer artefact Drafted and delivered, not just advised on. Your high-risk use case risk assessments, vendor verification questionnaires, and human oversight records and policies.
  • Your deployer-only action map Candidate notifications, labelling of AI-generated content, and human oversight, with worked examples for your setup.
  • Staff AI literacy training Article 4 training tailored to the people overseeing and using your AI tools. In force since February 2025.

Against an exposure of €15 million or 3% of turnover, building this internally means hiring or briefing legal, compliance, and technical people who rarely sit in one place. The programme is £13,000, fixed and all-inclusive. That is an introductory rate while the practice is new; it rises as it fills, so the figure you lock today is the figure you pay.

The guarantee. Every required artefact is in your hands by day 30, or we keep working at no extra cost until it is. You carry the risk of the deadline. We carry the risk of delivery.

Article 26 high-risk obligations apply from December 2027. Readiness takes months, not days. I take on two clients a week. Every engagement carries the 30-day delivery guarantee, so I cap it to protect that promise.

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Key dates
The EU AI Act is not one deadline.

It is a phased rollout. Two deadlines have already passed.

Aug 2024
Regulation in force Passed
The Act became law. All countdown timers started here.
Feb 2025
Prohibited practices live Passed
The outright bans on manipulative AI, social scoring, and real-time biometric identification are already enforceable.
Aug 2025
GPAI rules and penalties apply Now
General-purpose AI model obligations and the full penalty framework are live. Fines of up to 7% of global turnover are already on the table.
Aug 2026
Deployer transparency duties
Candidate notifications and labelling of AI-generated content apply. These are not delayed.
Dec 2027
High-risk obligations for deployers
CV screening and other high-risk uses face full obligations: risk management, human oversight, and records.
Why Architecture First
Technical depth. Independent advice.

Most AI Act consultancy comes from legal or compliance backgrounds. We bring something different.

Genuinely independent We have no delivery roadmap to protect, no software to sell, and no partner programme to maintain. Our recommendations reflect what is right for you.
Technical and regulatory We can assess governance documentation and interrogate the technical implementation behind it. Most compliance consultants can only do one of these.
Structured deliverables Every assessment produces a written report, an executive presentation, and a gap scorecard your team can act on, not a slide deck full of general observations.
No lock-in Our assessments are designed to be standalone. You can take the findings anywhere. If you want support with remediation, we are here. If not, you still have everything you need.
Start with a conversation.

A free 30-minute discovery call to understand your AI use, identify likely risk areas, and explain what an assessment would involve. No commitment required.

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Independent AI Act advisory · Not legal advice · © 2026