REGULATION1 August 2026· 9 min
EU AI Act: Practical Obligations for B2B SaaS Companies
The EU AI Act is now law. B2B SaaS companies face concrete compliance deadlines starting August 2024. Here's what your product, legal, and engineering teams must do now.
SOURCES
[1]European Parliament, 'Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act', Official Journal of the European Union, July 2024
[2]European Commission, 'Impact Assessment accompanying the proposal for the AI Act', 2021 (updated 2024)
[3]Statista, 'European B2B Software Market Size 2024', 2024
[4]BSA | The Software Alliance, 'EU AI Act Readiness Survey', Q3 2024
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[7]CNIL (France), 'AI Act Enforcement Priorities', 2024