78% of organisations have taken no meaningful steps toward EU AI Act compliance. Take Turbotic's free 15-question assessment and find out exactly where you stand before 2 August 2026.
Most organisations running AI and automation have a compliance problem they have not fully faced yet. A European regulatory advisory firm assessed enterprises across eight industries in April 2026 and found that 78% have not taken meaningful steps toward EU AI Act compliance. Not 78% who are behind schedule. 78% who have not meaningfully started. The enforcement deadline is 2 August 2026. That is 90 days away. Today we are launching a free 15-question EU AI Act readiness assessment built specifically for operations, IT, and finance leaders who run AI and automation programmes.
Why we built this
The conversations we have been having with automation and transformation leaders over the past six months keep hitting the same wall. They know the AI Act exists. They have seen the headlines. Some have even started compliance conversations internally. But when we ask what they have actually done — mapped their AI inventory, classified systems against Annex III, documented human oversight, implemented audit logging — the answer is almost always the same: not as much as we thought.
A Deloitte survey of 500 managers found that only 35.7% feel adequately prepared for AI Act compliance, while just 26.2% have started concrete compliance activities.
This is not a lack of intent. It is a lack of a clear starting point. Most compliance guidance available right now is written by lawyers for lawyers — dense, hedged, and structured around legal interpretation rather than operational action. What automation teams actually need is something different: a clear picture of where they stand today, expressed in terms they can act on. That is what this assessment is designed to give them.
What the assessment covers
The 15 questions map across five compliance dimensions that matter most for organisations deploying AI and automation.
Legal scope
Do you understand where your EU exposure sits? Are you aware that the proposed delay collapsed on 28 April 2026 and the original 2 August deadline is now live? Have you reviewed third-party tools for deployer liability?
AI inventory
Do you have a complete, documented inventory of every AI system currently running? Have you classified each one against the Act's four-tier risk framework?
Governance
Is there a named compliance owner with board-level visibility? Does leadership receive regular AI risk reporting? Are human oversight and override procedures documented?
Technical controls
Are decisions logged automatically with a tamper-resistant audit trail? Does your technical documentation meet the standard Annex IV requires? Have you implemented bias detection for systems that affect people?
Operations
How fragmented is your automation estate? Does AI touch employment decisions, credit, or financial access — both explicitly high-risk categories under Annex III?
Each question is weighted by compliance significance. A gap in audit logging or Annex III classification scores higher than a gap in platform consolidation, because the enforcement exposure is not equal. The result is a score that reflects actual regulatory risk — not just a count of how many boxes you have ticked.
What you get when you complete it
Your results arrive immediately on screen and by email. You will see a risk exposure score, a tier — critical, serious, or strong — and a set of specific findings mapped to the gaps your answers revealed. The results page includes a hard countdown to 2 August 2026, because that deadline is the context everything else sits in.
According to Secure Privacy's enterprise compliance guide, the most critical compliance deadline for most enterprises is August 2, 2026, when requirements for Annex III high-risk AI systems become enforceable — and organisations should not assume the proposed extension will materialise.
You can also download a PDF of your full results. It includes your score, your key findings, and a tier-based set of prioritised recommendations — a concrete action list ordered by urgency, not by legal category. That PDF is designed to be shareable. Take it into your next leadership meeting. Send it to your board. Use it to start the conversation that most organisations have been putting off.
What the results actually look like
Critical
You will see exactly which gaps are most urgent, with specific guidance on what to do first. The assessment will not soften the message. If you would be unable to demonstrate compliance to a regulator today, it will tell you that directly.
Serious
You have foundations in place but unresolved gaps that need structured attention before August. The findings will show you where partial work needs to be completed to reach an enforceable standard.
Strong
You are ahead of most organisations. The recommendations focus on maintaining compliance as your programme scales and ensuring documentation meets the formal standard Annex IV requires — gaps that frequently appear even in mature programmes.
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Is your AI actually high-risk?
This is the question most organisations have not answered — and the answer is often more uncomfortable than expected.
An appliedAI study of 106 enterprise AI systems found that 18% were definitively high-risk and 40% were unclear — with the ambiguous cases concentrated in employment, critical infrastructure, and product safety. Broader industry analysis suggests around 35% of enterprise AI systems in the EU are classified as high-risk, driving the primary regulatory focus.
Getting the classification right is the first step. You cannot manage what you have not mapped.
The cost of doing nothing
Penalties for non-compliance with high-risk AI obligations under the official EU AI Act regulation text reach up to EUR 35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover — whichever is higher — with additional civil liability exposure including claims from affected individuals for fundamental rights violations or discriminatory AI decisions.
High-risk AI non-compliance is expected to make up over 70% of enforcement actions after 2026, and repeat violations can increase follow-up audit rates by 50-60% within two years.
The organisations that will be most exposed are not the ones running the most AI. They are the ones running AI without visibility — fragmented automation estates, no central inventory, no audit trail, no documented governance. The regulation has made that approach untenable. A mature enterprise automation orchestration approach is what turns a fragmented estate into something you can actually govern, audit, and defend to a regulator.
This is exactly the gap orchestration is designed to close — see how Turbotic Orchestration provides compliance visibility across every agent, bot, and automated decision in your estate.
Two minutes. An honest answer.
The assessment does not ask for your email before you start. It does not require a demo to see your results. You answer 15 questions, you get an honest picture of where your programme stands, and you leave with a specific set of actions you can take this week. If your results show you need help closing the gaps before August, we are here for that conversation.
FAQ
Who is this assessment designed for?
Operations, IT, and finance leaders at organisations that deploy AI agents, RPA, or automated workflows — particularly those that touch decisions affecting people. You do not need a legal background to complete it. The questions are written in operational language, not regulatory language.
How long does it take?
Two minutes. 15 questions, one at a time, with a result at the end. No registration required to start.
Is the assessment result legally binding?
No. The results are indicative and do not constitute legal advice. They are designed to give you an operational picture of your readiness, not a formal compliance opinion. For formal compliance assessment, consult a qualified legal professional.
What happens after I complete it?
You receive your results immediately on screen, with a downloadable PDF that includes your score, key findings, and prioritised recommendations. If you want to discuss your results with our team, you can book a demo directly from the results page.
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