Most AI-policy news is written for lawyers or for Twitter. Founders need a shorter filter: did a rule move, does it touch a product we already ship, and what should we do in the next seven days.
Who this page is for
SaaS founders, product leads, and operators who sell software to EU users or train models that EU customers will use. If you do not ship a product, this page will bore you. That is the point.
Three buckets, not one “AI law”
The EU AI Act is not a single on/off switch. For a typical SaaS company the useful split is:
- Limited-risk / transparency. Chat, copilots, and content tools that talk to users. You mostly owe disclosure, not a full quality-management system.
- GPAI / model providers. If you train or substantially modify a general-purpose model, documentation and copyright-related duties show up. Most product companies are users here, not providers.
- High-risk. Narrow. Hiring, credit, biometric ID, some safety components. If you are not in those markets, do not copy a high-risk checklist onto a CRUD app.
The expensive mistake is treating every headline as if you were a high-risk system. The other expensive mistake is ignoring transparency rules because “we only wrap an API.”
A weekly operator checklist
- Name the feature that uses a model (one sentence, customer language).
- Say whether you are a provider, a deployer, or both for that feature.
- Write the date and source of any rule, guidance, or enforcement note that moved.
- Decide one action: disclose, log, delay a launch, or do nothing this week.
- Recheck the primary text before a board or customer claim.
That list is deliberately short. A 40-page memo that nobody opens is not compliance. A dated note you can paste into Slack is.
What a paid brief is for
Free newsletters dump every AI headline. Counsel is right when the question is “are we high-risk?” and wrong as a weekly newsreader. The weekly AI regulation brief sits in the gap: named public sources, a founder checklist, and a 12-minute read. It is not legal advice.
What we will not claim
We will not tell you that buying a file makes you “AI Act ready.” We will not invent reviews. Headlines move. Recheck the Official Journal and your counsel before you change a contract.