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Source story · approved 22 May 2026

EU AI Act — 90-day readiness checklist for mid-market firms

Promoted from Signal #2 · European Commission · evidence package: 5 sources, 1 INTO client lens · primary author Daniel Park · approver Maeve Lin

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The EU AI Act enforcement deadline is closer than your roadmap.

02 August 2026. That's 73 working days.

If you operate a high-risk system — credit scoring, HR shortlisting, critical-infrastructure AI — you need three things in place before then:

1. A CE conformity assessment.
2. A post-market monitoring plan.
3. A human-oversight declaration that names a specific accountable person.

Most mid-market firms I talk to think this is a legal team problem. It's not. It's a product and ops problem with a legal artefact at the end.

If you want the 90-day checklist we built for our clients, comment "checklist" and I'll send it.

#AIgovernance #EUAIAct #MidMarketAI

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Section 1 · Policy

What the EU AI Act actually requires of a 200-person firm

The deadline is 02 August 2026, and most mid-market firms we work with are interpreting the obligations as either too heavy or too vague. Neither is right.

The Act applies if you operate a "high-risk" system. The definition is narrower than the press coverage suggests — but if you score credit, shortlist candidates, or run AI inside critical infrastructure, you are in. Once in, three artefacts are non-negotiable: a CE conformity assessment, a post-market monitoring plan, and a named human accountable for oversight.

The ownership question is the one most teams underestimate. The Act asks for a person, not a committee. The cleanest implementations we've seen put that person in product ops, not legal.

Read the full 90-day checklist →

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EU AI Act — opening a useful conversation with mid-market financial services prospects

Why now: Enforcement of high-risk obligations begins 02 August 2026. Many prospects don't yet have a named owner.

Discovery questions:

  • Do any of your AI-touched workflows score, shortlist, or rank people or applications?
  • Who in your org would sign the human-oversight declaration today?
  • What is your post-market monitoring story if a regulator asks tomorrow?

Useful artefact to share: The INTO 90-day readiness checklist (PDF, 4 pages).

"Most of the firms I talk to think the EU AI Act is a legal team problem. It's not — it's a product and ops problem with a legal artefact at the end. Want to see the 90-day plan we've used with two of your peers?"

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