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The AI management system for the EU AI Act and ISO 42001

Inventory every AI system, classify it under the AI Act, run impact assessments and keep the evidence an auditor asks for, in one workspace. Built in Cologne for teams that have to show their work.

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AI system register

Illustration of the AIMS AI system register
SystemEvidence

CV screening model

HR · deployer

High-risk · Annex III
FRIA in review

Customer support chatbot

Service · provider

Transparency · Art. 50
Disclosure evidenced

Demand forecasting

Supply chain

Minimal risk
Logged

Every entry links to its risk assessment, controls and audit trail.

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  • Built for Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
  • Aligned with ISO/IEC 42001:2023
  • Data stored in the EEA
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How AIMS works

From AI inventory to audit evidence

The AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001 ask the same underlying question: do you know what AI you run, what risk it carries, and can you prove you control it? AIMS turns that into five steps.

  1. 01

    Register

    Build one inventory of every AI system and model you develop, buy or embed, with owners and intended purpose.

    ISO 42001 cl. 4.3 · AI Act Art. 49

  2. 02

    Classify

    Determine your role and each system's risk class: prohibited, high-risk, transparency or minimal.

    AI Act Art. 5, 6, 50

  3. 03

    Assess

    Run AI risk and impact assessments, including fundamental rights impact assessments, with the right stakeholders.

    ISO 42001 cl. 6.1, A.5 · AI Act Art. 27

  4. 04

    Control

    Map Annex A controls and AI Act requirements to owners, policies and evidence, and track the gaps.

    ISO 42001 Annex A · AI Act Art. 9–15

  5. 05

    Audit

    Run internal audits and management reviews, and export the documentation an assessor will ask for.

    ISO 42001 cl. 9.2, 9.3

Two products, one record

Govern the AI you have. Govern the AI you build next.

AIMS is the system of record for AI governance. Arelis Hub is the gateway your teams use to build with models, and it reports into AIMS.

AI management system

AIMS

For compliance, risk and data protection teams running an AI governance programme against ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act.

  • AI system inventory and AI Act risk classification
  • AI and fundamental rights impact assessments
  • ISO 42001 Annex A controls library and Statement of Applicability
  • Internal audits, management review and evidence export

AI integration platform

Arelis Hub

For engineering teams that need governed access to models from multiple providers, without building the plumbing.

  • One API for models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and open-source providers
  • Policy enforcement, PII redaction and audit logging on every call
  • Agents and retrieval (RAG) workflows
  • Usage recorded in AIMS automatically

EU AI Act timeline

What applies, and when

As amended by the Digital Omnibus (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744). Several obligations are already in force.

Fines for prohibited practices reach €35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover.

  1. In forceArt. 5

    Prohibited practices

    Unacceptable-risk AI is banned, including social scoring, manipulative techniques and untargeted facial-image scraping.

  2. In forceArt. 51–56

    General-purpose AI models

    Providers of general-purpose AI models must meet documentation, copyright and transparency duties. Fine-tuning can make you a provider.

  3. In forceArt. 50

    Transparency obligations

    People must be told when they interact with AI, and synthetic audio, image, video and text must be marked. Applies regardless of risk class.

  4. UpcomingArt. 6–49, Annex III

    High-risk systems (Annex III)

    Risk management, data governance, technical documentation, human oversight and conformity assessment for stand-alone high-risk AI.

  5. UpcomingArt. 6(1), Annex I

    High-risk AI in regulated products (Annex I)

    High-risk obligations for AI embedded in products covered by EU harmonisation legislation.

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Who builds Arelis

From the author of the ISO 42001 Implementation Playbook

Arelis AI was founded by Ramón Marrero, author of the ISO 42001 Implementation Playbook for AI Leaders, which walks through every clause of the standard and all 38 Annex A controls.

The team behind AIMS has spent more than a decade building data and AI platforms in production. We built the tool we wanted when we had to evidence AI governance ourselves.

Insights

Analysis of the AI Act and ISO 42001

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FAQ

Questions teams ask before they start

What is an AI management system (AIMS)?
An AI management system is the set of policies, roles, processes and records an organisation uses to govern its AI responsibly. ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard that specifies one. Arelis AIMS is software for running it: the inventory, assessments, controls, audits and evidence in one place.
Does using AIMS make us ISO 42001 certified or AI Act compliant?
No software can do that on its own. Certification is granted by an accredited certification body after an audit, and AI Act conformity depends on your systems and processes. AIMS helps you build the management system and keep the evidence those assessments ask for.
Which AI Act obligations apply today?
Already in force: Prohibited practices (Art. 5); General-purpose AI models (Art. 51–56); Transparency obligations (Art. 50). Still to come: High-risk systems (Annex III) (Art. 6–49, Annex III) from 2 December 2027; High-risk AI in regulated products (Annex I) (Art. 6(1), Annex I) from 2 August 2028.
Where is our data stored?
Arelis stores primary customer data in the European Economic Area on Google Cloud, and offers a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR. See Trust & security for details.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The Community plan is free and covers up to three AI systems and three users, including AI Act risk classification and documentation templates.
We are early in our AI governance programme. Where should we start?
Start with an inventory: list the AI systems you build, buy and embed, and classify each one. The free risk classifier and ISO 42001 template pack are designed for exactly that first step.

See your AI governance programme in one place

A 30-minute walkthrough of AIMS with your use cases, the AI Act deadlines that apply to you and what an ISO 42001 audit will ask for.