REGULATION30 May 2026· 10 min
EU AI Act: Practical Obligations for B2B SaaS Companies
The EU AI Act is now law. For B2B SaaS vendors, compliance is not optional — fines reach €35M. Here's what your product, legal, and engineering teams must do now.
SOURCES
[1]European Parliament & Council — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act), Official Journal of the European Union, July 2024
[2]European AI Office — Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI Models, Draft Version 1, November 2024
[3]KPMG — European AI Readiness Survey 2025, January 2025
[4]Gartner — Cost of AI Act Compliance for Technology Vendors, October 2024
[5]PwC — Enterprise AI Procurement Trends Report 2025, February 2025
[6]Fieldfisher — AI Contractual Readiness in European SaaS Agreements, Legal Analysis Report, Q3 2024
[7]European AI Office — EU AI Act Phased Implementation Timeline, ec.europa.eu/digital-strategy, 2024