Elshan Musayev · Vienna

I read the text, not the headline.

Independent AI due diligence for investors. EU AI Act readiness for operators. From a builder-operator who ships production AI systems — and then vets them. No product to upsell into the assessment. No vendor agenda.

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Elshan Musayev — independent AI advisor, Vienna

About

I sit on both sides of a table most people keep apart: I build production AI systems, and I vet them. For investors, I run independent due diligence on AI companies before a round closes. For operators, I map real exposure under the EU AI Act by reading the primary text — not the headlines.

The value is the independent read: no product to upsell into the assessment. Twenty-plus years across regulated, cross-border environments. Based in Vienna.

Two ways to work with me

AI Due Diligence Sprint

For VCs, angels & founders with a live deal

An independent read on one AI company before you wire — or before your investor does. Tech reality vs pitch claims, the "AI moat" stress-test, team & build risk, data and evaluation discipline, EU AI Act exposure, and the red flags that survive a polished deck.

Written memo (go / flag, by dimension) + 60-min readout · 5 working days (48h rush on request).

EU AI Act — Post-Omnibus Readiness Review

For operators deploying AI in regulated industries

The 7 May omnibus did not delay the AI Act — it split it into four timelines. I re-derive yours against the amended text: prohibitions (live), GPAI (live since Aug 2025), transparency (still 2 August 2026), high-risk Annex III (now December 2027). Then classify your systems, score the gaps, and hand back a prioritised 30-day plan.

Readiness report + board-ready summary + 60-min readout · 1 week.

Why an independent read

Most AI advice is sold by people who also sell the remediation — or who have never shipped the thing they're assessing. I do both jobs that are usually kept apart: I build production AI systems, and I vet them. Twenty-plus years across regulated, cross-border environments taught me where AI risk actually hides — in the eval suite and the org chart, not the slide. The independent read is the whole product. Nothing is being upsold to you underneath it.

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