Since 2 February 2025, EU AI Act obligations have applied to businesses that use AI

If your business uses AI, whether that is a customer chatbot, a hiring or CV screening tool or a document assistant, you now carry real duties. In the EU, the AI Act treats you as a deployer, with obligations that scale by risk tier. In the UK there is no single AI Act. Instead, five cross-sectoral principles sit on top of existing law, including UK GDPR, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and the Equality Act 2010. Most SMEs cannot justify a compliance team or a consultant's day rate for AI Act readiness. AI Governor SME edition gives you the same structured answer for both markets, self-serve.

EU AI Act and UK AI regulation, one job The EU AI Act works by risk tiers. UK AI regulation applies principles plus data protection and equality law. This tool covers both from one place.
AI compliance evidence is expected Customers, insurers and auditors increasingly ask you to show your AI systems are governed. Saying you are careful will not hold up.
Getting AI Act risk classification wrong costs Non-compliance carries fines alongside contractual and reputational risk. Clarity now is far cheaper than a scramble later.

EU AI Act risk classification software for SMEs

Pick the markets you operate in. For the EU AI Act, three plain-English questions give each AI system its risk tier: prohibited, high-risk, limited or minimal. For the UK, a principles and applicable-law check shows which duties apply. No legal background required.

Your EU AI Act compliance checklist, obligation by obligation

A tailored checklist of what each regime asks of you, every line in language you can act on and referenced to its source, whether that is an EU AI Act Article or the relevant UK law or principle, so it stands up to scrutiny.

EU Art 5 · 9–15 · 50  ·  UK GDPR · DUAA · Equality Act

AI Act readiness score and compliance evidence export

See every obligation as met, confirm or gap, with an overall AI Act readiness score for each market. Export a formal AI compliance report in PDF or Word to hand to a customer, an auditor or your board.

AI system coverage across your whole AI inventory

A coverage view shows which AI systems have been classified alongside a needs-classification queue, so as you add more AI tools, nothing quietly slips through.

AI literacy training and Article 4 certificates

A five-lesson AI literacy course and knowledge check gives each team member a dated attestation certificate, satisfying the EU AI Act staff AI literacy requirement. Download it as proof.

EU AI Act Art 4

A living AI system inventory and risk register

Register your AI systems and agents against an accountable owner. This AI inventory is what both the EU and UK regimes expect, and the base every compliance check builds on.

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Build your AI system inventory

Add each AI system or agent you use to the register, with an accountable owner.

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Run the AI risk assessment

Pick your market, EU AI Act risk tier or UK principles, and get a clear obligation checklist.

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Run AI literacy training

Everyone takes the 15-minute AI literacy module and earns a certificate.

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Export your AI compliance report

One click produces an AI compliance report you can show to anyone who asks.

EU AI Act ready in an afternoon

A structured path from "where do we even start" to a documented compliance position, in hours rather than a quarter.

AI compliance evidence you can show

Exportable compliance reports and AI literacy certificates for customers, auditors and insurers. Proof rather than promises.

Self-serve AI compliance, no consultants

Plain-English guidance and self-serve AI compliance software built for a small business.

AI governance that grows with you

When you take on genuinely high-risk AI that needs continuous controls, upgrade to the full AI Governor platform. Your AI inventory and classifications come with you.

Does the EU AI Act apply to small businesses?

Yes. The AI Act applies by role and by risk rather than by company size. If you use an AI system in the course of your business you are a deployer, and duties such as the Article 4 AI literacy requirement apply regardless of headcount. Some obligations are lighter for SMEs, but none of them disappear.

What is an EU AI Act deployer, and am I one?

A deployer uses an AI system under its own authority, as opposed to a provider that develops or places one on the market. Most SMEs buying an off-the-shelf chatbot, CV screening tool or document assistant are deployers. The classification check in AI Governor confirms which role you hold for each system.

Is there a UK AI Act, and how does UK AI regulation work?

No. UK AI regulation runs through five cross-sectoral principles applied by existing regulators, on top of law that already binds you, principally UK GDPR, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and the Equality Act 2010. This page and the tool behind it cover both regimes so you do not have to track them separately.

What counts as EU AI Act compliance evidence?

A maintained AI inventory, a documented risk classification for each system, the obligations mapped against it with their status, and dated AI literacy records for your staff. AI Governor produces all four as an exportable readiness report.

AI Governor SME edition

Everything above: the EU and UK compliance check, your AI Act obligation checklist, readiness scores and evidence export, coverage view, AI literacy training and AI system inventory, sized for a small team. Tell us what you run and we will confirm scope, seats and setup for your organisation.

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Guided decision support, not legal advice. AI Governor SME edition helps you classify AI uses and organise evidence against the EU AI Act and the UK's AI principles and applicable law, including UK GDPR, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and the Equality Act 2010. The UK has no single AI Act. Confirm classifications and obligations with a qualified adviser before you rely on them. The AI literacy module is an awareness aid rather than a formal qualification.
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