The EU AI Act for Startups, Tech Companies, and Legal Professionals

By Adam Jabbar

The EU AI Act is now law. If your product reaches Europe, compliance is no longer optional - and getting it wrong can cost up to 7% of global turnover.

Whether you build AI, deploy it, or advise the companies that do, this is the plain-English compliance guide you can actually act on.

Written by bestselling author Adam Jabbar, creator of the AI for Lawyers series, this book cuts through 450 pages of dense regulation and gives you a practical playbook: what the law requires, who it applies to, when each obligation bites, and exactly what to do about it. Every rule is tied to the specific Article or Annex, so you can verify it yourself.

Fully updated for the Digital Omnibus on AI, including the revised timelines that pushed high-risk obligations to December 2027 and August 2028 - dates most existing guides still get wrong.

Inside you'll learn how to:

Classify any AI system in four tiers using a step-by-step decision treeIdentify prohibited practices before they become an existential problemMeet the full high-risk provider obligations (Articles 8-17), from risk management to CE markingUnderstand deployer duties, including when you accidentally become a "provider"Run a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) that satisfies a regulatorNavigate the rules for general-purpose and foundation modelsHandle penalties, enforcement, and the overlap with the GDPR

Plus ready-to-use tools: a master classification flowchart, prohibited-practices self-audit, and compliance checklists for providers, deployers, and GPAI developers.

Ideal for:

Startups and tech founders building or shipping AIIn-house and private-practice lawyers advising on AI riskCompliance officers building an AI governance program

Stop guessing about EU AI compliance. Start building on solid ground.

This book is an educational guide, not legal advice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9MB7511
• ISBN13: 9798188174101
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"