V-PROOF *Expansión*: How we developed the Protocol to lead compliance with the new EU AI Act.
Article on the EU AI Act in the print edition of the business newspaper *Expansión* on March 16, 2026, featuring V-Proof / Gil Blancafort and David Reifs, Co-Founders
By Gil Blancafort — CEO & Founder | V-Proof
When we at Vertically Strategy Lab saw the wave of generative artificial intelligence coming, it was clear to us that the main challenge for large corporations would not be technological adoption, but rather legal certainty and regulatory compliance.
It was with this premise that V-Proof was born. Today, our forensic infrastructure takes another step forward in establishing itself within the enterprise ecosystem, making headlines in the business daily Expansión.
In the article published this week, titled "The Board of Directors and AI, " we share insights with leading experts from the legal and technology sectors. The central debate is unavoidable: the new EU AI Act shifts the operational risk of Artificial Intelligence directly to the C-suite.
The End of Manual Auditing: The Arrival of Governance-by-Design
In a digital environment where synthetic content and autonomous agents operate at unprecedented speeds, retrospective detection is no longer sufficient. As we explained in the pages of Expansión, corporations need mathematical certification from the outset.
V-Proof positions itself as the trust layer (Trust Layer) and immutable traceability that large companies need to operate with AI without exposing their intellectual property and in strict compliance with the European framework.
Excerpt from the print edition of Expansión (March 16, 2026)
What Entrepreneurs Stand to Gain from the New AI Law
The new regulation promoted by the European Union aims to increase transparency, but above all, it seeks to reduce the risks associated with the use of technology. The law will take effect starting next August.
The countdown is on for the full implementation of the European Union’s new AI law: the EU AI Act, which will take effect this coming August. The purpose of the European regulation is to establish strict oversight of operators of high-risk AI systems in order to make this technology more transparent and ethical for users.
The standard’s primary focus is risk-based; it classifies AI systems according to the danger they pose to people. (...) For Gil Blancafort, founder of V-Proof, the standard will mark the end of what he calls “the black box.” The entrepreneur points out that until now, the adoption of AI has been based on speed—that is, on the integration of massive models to optimize processes “without fully understanding how decisions were made.”
The EU AI Act radical EU AI Act , and "shifts the risk from the IT department straight to the boardroom table." Blancafort has identified a need arising from the fact that the requirements of the new regulation are bringing many artificial intelligence projects at Ibex 35 companies to a standstill "because legal departments are demanding concrete guarantees. Best-practice guidelines are no longer sufficient."
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