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EU AI Act readiness check.
For the Mittelstand.

What companies with 50-500 employees need to know and do right now. Risk classification, compliance timelines, and a practical readiness checklist, written for operators, not lawyers.

2 questions, no formFor companies with 50-500 employeesGDPR-safe
EU AI Act Readiness Check, Remote Native
01 · WHAT'S INSIDE

The regulation, decoded.
Three things you'll leave with.

01

Risk classification

Understand how the EU AI Act classifies AI systems, unacceptable, high-risk, limited, and minimal risk, and where your current tools likely fall.

  • The four-tier risk pyramid
  • Which AI use cases trigger obligations
  • How to classify your own systems
02

Compliance timeline

Key deadlines from February 2025 to August 2028, as amended by the Digital Omnibus in July 2026. Which obligations apply when, and what mid-market companies should prioritize first.

  • Prohibited practices & AI literacy (Feb 2025)
  • Transparency duties, Art. 50 (Aug 2026)
  • High-risk requirements (Dec 2027 / Aug 2028)
03

Readiness checklist

A practical self-assessment for companies with 50-500 employees. No legal jargon, just the steps your operations team can start this week.

  • AI inventory & risk mapping
  • Governance & documentation gaps
  • Vendor compliance requirements
Andreas Anding
About the author

Andreas Anding.
Operator first, author second.

Founder of Remote Native. Two decades across operations, technology, and AI delivery on the operator side, leading engineering and AI programs inside companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in insurance, e-mobility and industrial settings.

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02 · FIT

Who it's for.
And who it isn't.

Built for

  • →CEOs, COOs, and operations leaders at established companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (50-500 employees) who use AI but haven't mapped their regulatory exposure yet.
  • →You know the EU AI Act exists but you're not sure what it means for your specific tools and workflows.
  • →You'd rather spend 30 minutes with a checklist than 3 hours with a lawyer, and know when you actually need the lawyer.

Probably not for you

  • ·Enterprise companies with dedicated legal & compliance teams. You likely need deeper, company-specific counsel.
  • ·AI vendors and tool builders. The ebook covers the deployer perspective, not the provider side.
  • ·Companies outside the EU/EEA. The regulation applies to the EU market.
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