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What changes today
The EU AI Act Readiness Report — a structured screening of 50 European AI companies — is published on Zenodo on April 22, 2026. It receives a permanent DOI (10.5281/zenodo.19671329), a CC BY 4.0 license, and ORCID-linked metadata. Related works point sprinklingact.com as the primary source. OpenAIRE indexing is automatic; Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar follow within 5 to 7 days.
The findings
74 %
(37/50) trigger high-risk classification under Art. 6(1) or Art. 6(2) + Annex III.
96 %
(48/50) have no public AI Act position.
0 / 14
companies holding sectoral certifications (CE MDR, CE-IVD, ACPR banking licences) have publicly mapped the AI Act layer on top.
44 %
(22/50) deploy AI systems in direct end-user interaction without documented Art. 50 compliance.
34 %
(17/50) integrate GPAI models (Art. 3(63)) without documented obligations under Art. 53 or Art. 50 + Art. 26.
Why a DOI changes the register
A DOI replaces a claim with a verifiable record. The document is timestamped. The v1 version is frozen: the v1 DOI will never change. The APA citation is invariant: Shucrani, L. B. (2026). EU AI Act Readiness: A Structured Screening of 50 European AI Companies (April 2026). Zenodo. Any party can reference the report without depending on sprinklingact.com.
The distinction between claiming a conclusion and depositing a dated artifact a qualified third party can verify. The claim-versus-proof distinction, applied to our own figures.
Methodology, in one sentence
50 European AI companies (HealthTech, FinTech, HRTech/EdTech, B2B SaaS/Industrial) drawn from 15+ countries, screened April 10–12, 2026 against a 6-gate framework mapping to Art. 5 / 6(1) / 6(2) + Annex III / 50 / 51–53 / 6(3). Publicly available information only. No company contacted. Profiles anonymized.
Access
Sources
- [1]Zenodo / CERN (April 22, 2026) — EU AI Act Readiness: A Structured Screening of 50 European AI Companies (April 2026) doi.org/10.5281
- [2]EUR-Lex (July 12, 2024) — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act (full text) eur-lex.europa.eu/eli
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