Colorado’s original AI Act never took effect. Its replacement, SB 26-189, starts 1 January 2027 and turns every consequential automated decision into a record you must keep, explain and review.
California’s ADMT rules turn every significant automated decision into a record you must be able to explain. Here is the inventory, lineage and decision-log work a data team needs before 1 January 2027.
Yes, the EU AI Act can apply to a US company with no EU office. Here is what triggers it, which obligations already apply, the corrected high-risk dates, and the data evidence to build first.
Measure pipeline debt before you fund a Databricks lakehouse. A paid front-door diagnostic that prices AI and LLM readiness in dollars.
Fixed price AI consulting compared with hourly retainers. See what a $2,500 scoped engagement delivers and where bigger fees go.
What an AI workflow automation consultant does, when hiring beats fixing the process yourself, and what a scoped engagement costs.
A five-day diagnostic to rescue a failing AI pilot, with the go or no-go test that tells you whether to fix it or kill it.
An AI pilot to production checklist of ten gates covering data, evaluation, guardrails, cost per query, adoption and ownership.
A one-page AI opportunity assessment template with a worked example: measurable problem, ROI target, integration map, feasibility.