Identify the main AI supply-chain roles from simple scenarios.
A provider develops an AI system or has it developed and places it on the market or puts it into service under its own name or trademark.
A deployer uses an AI system under its authority in a professional context. Importers and distributors act as supply-chain gatekeepers, while an authorised representative acts under mandate for certain non-EU providers.
Roles are activity-based and system-specific. One organisation can be a provider for one system and a deployer for another.
A UK company licenses a US model, wraps it in its own branded recruitment product and sells to Germany. Identify the likely roles to investigate.
Based on the uploaded EU AI Specialist lesson notes and checked against the consolidated EU AI Act in force on 27 July 2026. Where the source pack and current law differ, the current law wins.