EU AI Act for SMBs
Understand what applies, what deadlines matter, and what an SMB can do this quarter to reduce compliance risk.
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Built for fast, defensible rollout.
Govern AI before it becomes a board-level fire drill.
Varentus helps you build a defensible discovery baseline using workspace activity signals, employee declarations, and SaaS spend imports. Then it turns that baseline into policy, attestation, and compliance proof.
No credit card required. Generator takes under 2 minutes.
Start with the free policy generator now. After generation, you can request early access to the full Varentus platform.
Connected data sources
Workspace signals, declarations, spend import
Discovery confidence model
Source-labeled per tool
Baseline completion target
< 24 hours
What You Get Fast
A live inventory of AI tools in use
A policy your team can acknowledge immediately
A report you can share with clients and auditors
Resources
Start with the guide that matches your immediate AI risk
Built for operators, not theorists. These guides help you decide what to do now and what to enforce next.
AI Policy Checklist
Use a practical checklist to move from draft policy to real implementation with ownership, enforcement, and proof.
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Shadow AI Risk Guide
See where unapproved AI usage creates data, legal, and operational exposure, and what controls close those gaps.
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The problem
The risk is not AI usage. The risk is unknown AI usage.
SMB teams adopt AI faster than governance can catch up. Without a discovery baseline and enforcement system, policy documents become shelfware.
Low Discovery Coverage
Employees move faster than governance. If your coverage is low, unknown tools become unmanaged risk by default.
Data Exposure
Customer PII, financial data, and proprietary content are often shared with tools outside approved controls.
Policy-Only Theater
A policy PDF without attestations, reminders, and review workflows does not create defensible governance.
Regulatory Deadlines
EU AI Act enforcement hits August 2026, while state-level AI obligations are already active now.
Varentus closes this gap with a multi-source discovery model, declaration campaigns, spend import workflows, and confidence labels per discovered tool.
How it works
From uncertainty to enforceable governance in under an hour
Start with a practical, multi-source baseline and keep improving coverage as your governance program matures.
Step 01
Baseline Discovery
Connect your workspace activity source, launch declaration campaigns, and import SaaS spend CSV to establish broad discovery coverage.
Step 02
Define Guardrails
Create a practical AI policy from templates, map it to relevant regulations, then publish version-controlled guidance for your team.
Step 03
Deploy + Enforce
Send policy attestations by magic link, assign training modules, and automate reminders until every employee is accounted for.
Step 04
Prove Readiness
Generate compliance snapshots with discovery scope notes, confidence signals, and exportable reports for clients, auditors, and insurers.
Features
The exact controls needed for a defensible AI governance baseline
Built for teams that cannot wait on enterprise tooling or extra licenses to start governing AI responsibly.
Multi-Source Discovery
Workspace activity signals, employee declarations, and spend CSV imports combine into a single discovery baseline.
AI Policy Builder
Guided policy creation with practical language, industry templates, and regulatory mappings you can actually operationalize.
Risk-Based Tool Registry
Review discovered tools with confidence labels and risk scores, then approve, restrict, or block with full change tracking.
Coverage Score + Confidence
Measure discovery quality with a coverage score and per-tool evidence sources so teams know where blind spots still exist.
Employee Attestation
Deploy policy acknowledgments via magic links, automate follow-ups, and maintain a clean audit trail for every policy version.
AI Safety Training
Interactive training modules with quizzes and completion certificates. Assign to all employees and track progress from one dashboard.
Compliance Snapshot
Exportable compliance reports summarize posture, gaps, and discovery scope to support internal reviews and external diligence.
Automated Follow-Ups
Queue reminder cadences for attestations, training, and unresolved governance tasks so nothing slips through the cracks.
Versioned Audit Trail
Track policy revisions, approval decisions, and status changes with timestamps for clean internal and external reviews.
Regulatory timeline
Regulatory obligations are already in motion
Governance expectations are arriving faster than most SMB operating models. Early implementation beats late remediation.
EU AI Act
Aug 2, 2026Full enforcement for high-risk AI systems. Requires risk assessments, human oversight, and transparency.
Penalty: Up to 7% of global turnover
Colorado AI Act
Jun 30, 2026Risk-based law requiring impact assessments for high-risk AI decision systems; effective date updated via SB25B-004.
Penalty: UCPA enforcement + AG action
Texas TRAIGA
Active NowRequires disclosures when AI interacts with consumers. Transparency obligations for deployers.
Penalty: AG enforcement actions
California AB 2013
Active NowMandates training data disclosures for generative AI systems used in the state.
Penalty: State AG enforcement
Build your free policy baseline now
Varentus provides governance tooling and guidance, not legal advice.
Start free. Build the baseline. Enforce with confidence.
The free policy generator is live now. Complete your policy first, then opt in for a launch invite to full governance workflows like discovery coverage, attestations, and compliance snapshots.
Used by growing SMB teams. Takes less than 2 minutes.