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EU AI Act Compliance Deadline: What US Companies Must Do Before August 2026

The EU AI Act compliance deadline is August 2026. Here is what US companies need to do now.

Joshua Garza

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AI Governance

Bias Testing and Fairness Audits for AI Systems: A Practical Guide

Bias testing is no longer optional. Learn the three types of AI bias, proven fairness metrics, when to audit, and what documentation regulators expect.

AI Governance

Building an AI System Inventory and Risk Classification Framework

You cannot govern what you have not inventoried. Learn how to build a defensible AI system inventory, classify risk tiers aligned with the EU AI Act, and maintain the registry as a living governance document.

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Data Governance

Maturity assessments, policy development, stewardship, data quality culture

AI Governance

EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, AI system inventory, bias testing, compliance

Software Architecture

Technical debt, modernization, microservices, API design, cloud migration

Agentic AI

Dark factory principles, scenario-based validation, autonomous agents, Digital Twin environments

Data Quality

Data quality rules, observability, monitoring, SLAs, tools and frameworks

Leadership & Strategy

Fractional CTO, data strategy, technology leadership, team building

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