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Let’s be honest, the world of artificial intelligence is getting a bit much. Every day there’s a new, world-changing model that can write a sonnet, design a skyscraper, or, more likely, just generate a slightly unnerving picture of a cat with too many teeth. Most investors are chasing these shiny, headline-grabbing applications, hoping to catch the next big thing. To me, that feels a bit like betting on a single horse in a race where most of the runners haven’t even been born yet.
I think the smarter money might be looking somewhere else entirely. It’s looking at the inevitable, tedious, and utterly crucial paperwork that will soon bog the whole industry down. The real action, I suspect, is in the red tape.
You see, a fascinating little drama is playing out. On one side, you have Microsoft, which has dutifully signed up to the EU’s voluntary AI Code of Practice. They’re playing the long game, betting that being the teacher’s pet on compliance will win them trust and big corporate contracts down the line. On the other side, you have Meta, which has essentially told the EU to get lost, arguing that all these rules will stifle the very innovation everyone is so excited about.
This isn’t just a corporate squabble. It’s the starting pistol for a global regulatory arms race. As governments from Brussels to Washington start drawing up rulebooks, every company using AI will face a choice. Do they risk fines and public backlash, or do they find a way to navigate this new maze of regulations? This, my friends, creates a rather wonderful business opportunity.
While everyone else is digging for digital gold, a handful of companies are quietly selling the shovels, pickaxes, and hard hats. I’m talking about the regulatory technology, or ‘RegTech’, sector. These are the firms that provide the essential, if unglamorous, infrastructure that makes AI governance possible. They aren’t building the flashy AI, they are building the guardrails to stop it from driving off a cliff.
Think of companies like Information Services Group, which helps businesses untangle the knots of AI governance. Or Verint Systems, which specialises in making those mysterious algorithms explainable, a task that sounds both impossible and increasingly mandatory. Then there’s Informatica, which focuses on data management, ensuring the information fed into AI systems meets the standards regulators will demand. Without clean, traceable data, your fancy AI is just a black box of potential liabilities. These companies are providing the plumbing for the regulated AI economy, and plumbing is a very good business to be in.
The beauty of this, from an investor’s perspective, is its predictability. Demand for a new social media app might be fickle, but the demand for compliance is not. As regulations tighten, the need for these services only grows. It’s a mandatory purchase, not a discretionary one. This is the kind of theme that the AI Compliance Divergence basket is designed to capture, focusing on the companies that could thrive on this growing complexity.
Of course, no investment is without risk. The regulatory landscape could shift in unexpected ways, and big software giants might decide to muscle in on the territory. Investing always carries the potential for loss. But the fundamental dynamic seems sound. Regardless of which AI models win or lose, every company deploying them will need to prove they are doing so responsibly. And for that, they will almost certainly need to pay someone for the privilege. It’s a classic infrastructure play, just for a new and rather bewildering digital age.
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