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AI Governance & EU AI Act Readiness Survey

A 4–5 minute survey on how companies are navigating AI adoption — including AI agents — and the EU AI Act in 2026. Your answers help the Alleina AI team understand where the real operational gaps are. Responses are anonymous unless you choose to share your contact, and participants can request the aggregated results report.

★ Core marks the short conference set — short on time? Answer just those.

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How much time do you have?

Pick the quick set or the full survey — either way we start with your details. You can switch anytime.

Not sure? Quick is a great start — you can always continue to the full set at the end.

A. About you & your company

For segmentation only — takes ~30 seconds.

Company size (employees)?★ Core
For your AI systems, are you a provider, a deployer, or both?
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B. AI & agentic adoption

Where your company is on AI — including AI agents that take autonomous actions.

Where is your company on AI?★ Core
In which functions is AI used? (select all that apply)★ Core
For LLMs, do you rely on…
Agentic AI — are you using or planning AI agents (systems that take autonomous actions)?★ Core
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Maximum autonomy your agents are permitted
Agent controls in place (select all that apply)
Could you detect and shut down a misbehaving AI agent today?
Shadow AI — what share of the AI / LLM tools your staff use are formally approved & governed?★ Core

C. Governance maturity & verification

How you own and independently validate your AI.

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Does your organisation have a formal AI policy?★ Core
Which function owns AI governance?
Can you independently verify / validate the outputs of the AI models you use, or do you rely on third-party assurances?★ Core
Do you maintain a central inventory of the AI systems in use?★ Core

D. EU AI Act — awareness & readiness

Familiarity, impressions, and preparedness after the Digital Omnibus deferral.

How familiar are you with the EU AI Act’s obligations?★ Core
Have you classified your AI systems by the Act’s risk tiers (unacceptable / high / limited / minimal)?
Which is the next binding deadline for standalone high-risk (Annex III) obligations?

Following the Digital Omnibus — Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 27 Jul 2026 — the standalone high-risk date moved from Aug 2026 to 2 Dec 2027. Most respondents won’t know this yet — no worries.

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Have you delivered AI-literacy training to staff (required since Feb 2025)?
Have you conducted or scoped a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA)?
How prepared are you for high-risk obligations (risk mgmt, documentation, human oversight, conformity assessment)?
Your overall impression of the EU AI Act?★ Core

E. Other EU compliance obligations

The broader regulatory surface beyond the AI Act.

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Which regulations currently apply to your organisation? (select all that apply)★ Core
For automated decisions affecting individuals (credit, hiring), how do you handle GDPR Art. 22?
Which are your top compliance pressures? (select all that apply)
Biggest barrier to AI-governance compliance? (select all that apply)

F. Market need & buying signals

How you buy — and what wins your trust.

How does your company view AI governance?★ Core
What most increases your confidence in an AI-powered B2B product?
Who owns the decision to buy AI-governance tooling?
moodWhy was the compliance officer calm during the chaos? They had a policy for that. 🧘
AI-governance budget over the next 12 months?
How likely are you to invest in AI-governance / compliance tooling in the next 12 months?★ Core
Top criteria when evaluating AI-governance tooling? (select all that apply)

G. Optional open feedback

Skip these if you're short on time.

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General information about the instruments named, not legal advice, and not a substitute for your own legal watch. Whether a particular system falls in scope depends on its facts.

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