I stumbled into a weird niche that might become huge: "AI Act readiness."

Most builders are busy shipping AI features.
Almost no one is thinking about the boring side of it , compliance, governance, regulation.

I get it. It’s not sexy.

But then something hit me:
The EU AI Act is about to do to AI what GDPR did to data. And most companies are sleepwalking into it.

I started poking around:
• Talking to founders and PMs building AI products
• Chatting with AI lawyers
• Reading job posts that quietly mention “AI governance”
• Watching how different countries in the EU are reacting

And I kept seeing the same pattern:

Everyone knows the storm is coming.
No one knows when or what to do about it.

So I built something small to make sense of the chaos:
AI Act Tracker, a simple way to see who’s preparing for the AI Act, how they’re doing it, and what 'readiness' actually looks like across Europe.

Not a course.
Not a 200-page PDF.
A signal-based tracker that shows real movements: hires, policies, risk triggers, etc.

I’m still early, but the DMs I’m getting from AI founders, VCs, and compliance folks made me realize there’s something here. This might become a whole new category: 'AI Governance Intelligence.'

Why am I sharing this?

Because Indie Hackers is where weird niche ideas become real businesses.

If you’re building AI products, or your customers are, I’m curious:

What would you want visibility on?

A few ideas I’m testing:
💡 Is your product high/medium/low risk under the AI Act?
🔍 Early-warning dashboard of regulatory signals in your industry
📊 Benchmark: 'How far behind/ahead are we compared to others?'
🧱 A GPT-style 'AI Act Co-Pilot' that gives actionable next steps

If you were me, what would you build first?

Happy to share early access with a few IH folks who want to kick the tires and shape the product.

Would love feedback, even if it’s “nobody cares about this” (I can take it).