The AI Act's enforcement is a starting gun, sure, but calling it a "crucial informational context" for financial viability debates feels like a failure mode in judging impact.
It's a calendar event, not a full financial impact report; the actual compliance burdens don't snap into place overnight.
Remember how long it took for the real costs of GDPR to surface – the documentation, the audits, the legal challenges?
Judging long-term viability based on day one is like planning a whole vacation budget solely on the price of the airplane ticket, ignoring hotels, food, and tours.
That's a weakest link in any serious financial assessment.