Frequently Asked Questions

What is applicable.ai?

applicable.ai is an AI-powered regulatory compliance platform that helps businesses understand which regulations apply to them, stay ahead of regulatory changes, and take action to maintain compliance.

Instead of spending hours researching regulations, interpreting requirements, and tracking changes manually, your team gets AI agents that do the heavy lifting. applicable.ai connects regulatory requirements to your business and recommends what needs to happen next.

Who is applicable.ai built for?

applicable.ai is built for compliance, legal, risk, and regulatory affairs teams across industries.

Whether you're in financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, energy, technology, or another regulated industry, applicable.ai helps you manage regulatory obligations without relying on endless spreadsheets and manual research.

Which countries and industries does applicable.ai cover?

applicable.ai is designed to support regulatory compliance across industries and jurisdictions worldwide.

Our regulatory library brings together laws, regulations, and regulatory updates from official sources across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and other regions.

Coverage varies by jurisdiction and regulator, and we're continuously expanding and improving our sources. You can explore the regulatory library to see what's currently available with a free account.

How does applicable.ai know which regulations apply to my business?

applicable.ai's AI Applicability Agent evaluates regulatory requirements against your company's specific characteristics, including its industries, locations, legal entities, products, services, and operations.

The agent reviews each requirement, considers relevant conditions and exceptions, and explains why it believes a regulation applies or doesn't apply.

When it needs more information, it asks targeted questions instead of guessing. Your team can review, confirm, or override its recommendations.

Do I have to manually enter everything about my company?

No. applicable.ai can research your organization using publicly available information to help build an initial business profile.

You can review and verify those details, add information the AI couldn't find, and involve colleagues when additional answers are needed.

As your business changes, your profile can be updated so regulatory applicability decisions reflect your current operations.

How does applicable.ai monitor regulatory changes?

applicable.ai continuously checks its supported regulatory sources for new regulations, proposed rules, amendments, and other regulatory developments.

Its AI analyzes the changes and helps identify which ones are relevant to your business, so your team can focus on meaningful developments instead of sorting through every regulatory announcement.

Does applicable.ai tell me what to do when a regulation changes?

Yes. applicable.ai goes beyond identifying regulatory changes.

It analyzes how a change may affect your existing obligations and controls, then recommends next steps. That might mean updating an existing control, introducing a new one, or reviewing an existing compliance decision.

Your team reviews and approves the recommended actions, keeping people in control of important decisions.

Can applicable.ai create and update compliance controls?

Yes. applicable.ai can help turn applicable regulatory requirements into actionable controls.

Its AI looks for existing controls that could satisfy a requirement before recommending changes or drafting new controls. Suggested controls can include descriptions, responsible owners, and testing procedures.

Your team can review and edit these recommendations before adopting them.

Can applicable.ai tell which parts of my business a regulation affects?

applicable.ai uses your business profile, including legal entities, geographic operations, products, and services, to help determine where regulatory requirements may apply.

This gives compliance teams a more precise view of regulatory exposure, particularly when different parts of an organization operate under different requirements.

How does applicable.ai help with regulatory examinations and audits?

applicable.ai helps organize the information your team needs to demonstrate how regulatory obligations are being addressed.

You can trace requirements back to their regulatory sources, review applicability decisions and supporting reasoning, and see how requirements connect to controls.

This makes it easier to prepare for regulatory reviews, respond to questions, and identify gaps before an examination or audit.

applicable.ai supports examination readiness but does not guarantee examination outcomes or certify compliance.

Can applicable.ai replace our existing GRC platform?

applicable.ai can work alongside an existing GRC platform or serve as a dedicated workspace for regulatory compliance activities.

You can manage regulatory applicability decisions, obligations, controls, and regulatory changes within applicable.ai. CSV exports let you move decisions, controls, and their mappings into other systems.

Workspace and Intelligence include API access. Direct GRC integrations should be confirmed as those capabilities become available.

Can I see why the AI made a recommendation?

Yes. Explainability is a core part of applicable.ai.

Applicability decisions include supporting reasoning and references to the underlying regulatory requirements. This lets your team understand what the AI considered, verify its conclusions, and make informed decisions.

You don't have to accept a recommendation simply because an AI generated it.

What happens if applicable.ai gets something wrong?

Your team remains in control.

You can review and override applicability decisions, provide corrections, and make the final call on recommended actions. applicable.ai records reviewed decisions and changes so you can maintain an understandable history.

AI recommendations are a starting point for informed decisions, not a substitute for professional judgment.

Does applicable.ai replace compliance professionals or legal counsel?

No. applicable.ai is designed to make compliance teams more effective, not replace their expertise.

By automating much of the regulatory research, monitoring, analysis, and administrative work, applicable.ai gives your team more time to focus on strategic regulatory risk, business decisions, and helping the organization grow.

applicable.ai does not provide legal advice, and important conclusions should be reviewed by qualified professionals.

How long does it take to get started?

applicable.ai is designed to reduce the time it takes to establish and maintain a regulatory compliance program.

Start by creating your business profile, reviewing the AI's understanding of your organization, and evaluating the regulations relevant to your operations.

Instead of researching every requirement and building your compliance inventory from scratch, your team can start with AI-generated analysis and recommendations. The time required depends on your organization's complexity and the coverage available.