The EU AI Act: What Small Businesses and Startups Actually Need to Know (and Do) Before It Catches You Out

Most guidance on the EU AI Act is written for enterprises with dedicated compliance teams and legal departments.

If you’re running a small business or startup, that guidance is often too dense, too generic, or simply doesn’t apply to the scale you’re operating at.

This session takes a different approach.

It’s a clear, practical conversation for small businesses, startups and sole traders across Scotland and the UK who need to understand where they actually stand, without wading through material built for organisations ten times their size.

In 45 minutes, you’ll gain clarity on:

✔️ Whether the EU AI Act applies to your business, including cases involving EU-based customers that are easy to overlook

✔️ What has changed following the recent delay to key deadlines, and which dates remain in force

✔️ The practical steps worth prioritising this month, forming the core focus of the session

✔️ Where GDPR and the AI Act now intersect, and what that means for how you handle customer data

What you’ll leave with:

Every attendee receives a practical checklist, built specifically for small businesses, so you can act on what you’ve learned without having to translate enterprise-level guidance yourself.

Hosted by:

Sooz Young, Technology Coaching – digital skills training and AI strategy for businesses across Scotland and the UK.

Alba Sort, AI Governance Expert – helping businesses understand and navigate EU AI Act compliance.

Together, Sooz and Alba bring practical delivery experience and regulatory expertise to a session built around how small businesses actually operate, not how enterprises do.

Who this is for: small business owners, startup founders and sole traders who work with or sell to EU-based customers, or who are simply unsure whether the EU AI Act affects them at all.

Format: live on Zoom, with time for questions. You have the opportunity to share your questions in advance of the webinar.