The idea of a compliance premium from the EU AI Act sounds good on paper, but that's a single point of failure right there. Investors might see it as just another cost rather than a strategic asset. What happens when the cost of meeting all those transparency requirements makes smaller companies uncompetitive, or when the market values speed over compliance? We've seen regulations promise stability before, only for the mechanism to snap when real-world pressures hit, like when a new startup just ignores the rules and moves faster.