As AI becomes embedded in enterprise operations, regulation is catching up fast. The EU AI Act, GDPR, and emerging industry standards will require companies to ensure every model and workflow is safe, fair, and traceable. The challenge is no longer compliance audits — it’s building compliance into the fabric of AI systems themselves.

We see an immense opportunity for founders who can design regulated AI systems: intelligent software that knows and follows the rules. These systems will encode compliance logic into workflows, maintain audit trails automatically, and make AI decisions explainable to regulators, customers, and humans in the loop.

This isn’t a constraint; it’s a moat. The companies that master compliance-first design will dominate finance, healthcare, and government — sectors where trust and traceability define who gets to deploy AI at scale.

If you’re drawn to building trustworthy, regulation-ready AI infrastructure for the enterprise, this is a domain where impact meets responsibility. Become a founder.