ShipReady — AI Agent Pre-Production Compliance Platform for EU AI Act
August 2, 2026 is four months away. That's when the bulk of the EU AI Act's rules for high-risk AI systems become enforceable. Fines: up to €35M or 7% of global annual turnover.
The Problem
August 2, 2026 is four months away. That's when the bulk of the EU AI Act's rules for high-risk AI systems become enforceable. Fines: up to €35M or 7% of global annual turnover.
The startup building an AI customer support agent? High-risk if it affects consumer rights. The fintech using AI for credit scoring? Definitely high-risk. The HR tech screening CVs with AI? High-risk. They all need: risk classification, technical documentation, conformity assessment, logging capabilities, human oversight mechanisms, data governance documentation, and registration in the EU AI database.
The current compliance landscape is broken for startups:
- Enterprise tools (Vanta for AI, Drata) cost $10K-15K/year and are designed for established companies
- Consulting firms (Capgemini, Deloitte) charge $50K-500K for EU AI Act projects
- DIY means reading 459 pages of legal text and generating documents manually
- ComplyAct (Netherlands) exists but is early-stage and narrow
- trail (Germany) is an "AI Governance Copilot" but targets mid-market
There is ZERO self-service platform where a startup founder can: (1) answer 20 questions about their AI system, (2) get an instant risk classification, (3) auto-generate all required documentation, (4) get a pre-production compliance checklist with green/red indicators, and (5) do this for under €300/month.
Sentrial (YC W26) just launched for POST-production monitoring. Canary (YC W26) does QA testing. Neither handles PRE-production compliance documentation. The gap is clear: who helps you get TO production legally?
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