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The Compliance Surface
The EU AI Act is not stalling enterprise deals through its substance. It is stalling them through its surface — the questionnaire that arrives three steps before the contract.
8 June 20263 min8 June 20263 min readEU AI ActInformation, Not Advice
Every useful piece of legal software lives on a line it must not cross. Designing for that line — rather than pretending it is not there — is the whole craft.
20 May 20263 min20 May 20263 min readLegal designAfter the Omnibus
A delay to the high-risk deadlines is not a reprieve. It is a redistribution — of pressure, of attention, and of where the real obligations now sit.
2 May 20263 min2 May 20263 min readEU AI ActThe Pattern Between Industries
The same compliance problem keeps appearing in law, health, insurance and finance wearing different clothes. Seeing through the costume is a kind of asset.
10 April 20263 min10 April 20263 min readStrategy