What changed
In May 2026, the EU Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement to simplify certain AI Act rules. High-risk deadlines may move to December 2027 and August 2028 for some systems. The agreement still needs formal adoption.
That is useful to know. It does not change the commercial situation most AI companies are already in.
What has not changed
The AI Act is in force. AI literacy obligations applied from February 2025. Enterprise buyers, procurement teams, investors and boards are already asking AI evidence questions regardless of formal enforcement dates.
Buyers ask because they need to manage supplier risk, data exposure and internal policy. A regulatory calendar does not change that pressure.
The practical question
If a customer asked today for your AI system inventory, EU AI Act role classification, risk rationale and oversight controls, could you answer without starting from scratch?
That is the question worth preparing for. Regulatory deadlines may move. Customer trust timelines usually do not.
AI Act Ready helps you build that evidence pack: inventory, role map, risk view, supplier record, controls and reusable procurement responses.