EU AI Act

The Digital Omnibus pushed high-risk AI compliance to December 2027. But 78% of enterprises are unprepared, and August 2026 obligations still apply. Revised timeline inside.

60% of enterprises can't terminate a misbehaving AI agent. EU AI Act fines hit Aug 2. Inside the kill-switch crisis—and a 25-point readiness assessment.

All 5 frontier AI labs now submit models for federal pre-deployment review. Get the 25-point vendor scorecard CIOs need before EU AI Act August 2 deadline.

On May 11, 2026, at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London, Alation introduced Alation AI Governance — a system of record for every AI model, agent, and tool an enterprise runs, with a live board-ready compliance posture on demand. Launch timing is not coincidence: the EU AI Act's high-risk obligations enter force on August 2, 2026, just 83 days away, with penalties up to 3% of global revenue. Yet 78% of executives lack confidence they could pass an independent AI governance audit in 90 days, 82% admit AI is being built faster than it can be governed, and only 21% have a mature governance model. Inside the launch, the regulatory clock, the competitive landscape (Credo AI, IBM watsonx.governance, OneTrust, Holistic AI, Collibra, Atlan), and two frameworks every CDO and Chief Compliance Officer should run before August.

Mistral launches Workflows on Temporal's durable execution. ASML, CMA-CGM, La Banque Postale already running millions of daily executions in production.

EU AI Act delay deal collapsed April 28 after 12-hour trilogue. Enterprises now face the original August 2 deadline with €35M penalties and 95 days to comply.

Cohere and Aleph Alpha announced a $20B merger to build sovereign AI for regulated enterprises. Schwarz Group leads $600M Series E. What CIOs need to know.

€35M penalties loom for enterprises. High-risk AI systems must demonstrate explainability, human oversight, and conformity assessment by August 2.

67% of executives report breaches from unapproved AI tools. 269 unsanctioned apps per 1,000 employees. Shadow AI is enterprise security's biggest blind spot.