The relationship between AI and risk in the software landscape is becoming increasingly central as organisations embed these capabilities into core governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) workflows. AI is reshaping how risk is identified and managed, and how decisions are made by enabling faster analysis of unstructured data. As this shift accelerates, it elevates the importance of governance and regulation, as software vendors must ensure that these systems remain accountable and aligned with emerging regulatory expectation. 

To ground this discussion in current market and buyer realities, the webinar draws on two key sources of insight. The first is Verdantix’s Strategic Focus: Optimizing GRC Workflows With AI, which examines how AI is transforming GRC platforms from systems of record into systems of intelligence, and how organisations are embedding AI into core risk workflows. The second is the latest Global Corporate Survey, which provides direct evidence of buyer priorities, use cases, and adoption patterns for AI in risk and compliance functions. Together, these sources provide a clear view of both the strategic direction of the market and the practical demand signals shaping vendor expectations. 

This webinar will explore how the accelerating pace of AI innovation is interacting with a more cautious regulatory environment. Regulators are approaching AI with a conservative mindset, prioritising guardrails, transparency, and accountability over rapid deployment – not to limit innovation, but to ensure risk remains controlled as adoption scales. The session unpacks how this dynamic is reshaping vendor requirements and buyer expectations, and what it means for the future evolution of AI-enabled risk and compliance software.