A provider is a person, organization, public authority, agency, or other body that develops an AI system or general-purpose AI model, or has one developed, and places it on the market or puts it into service under its own name or trademark. Under the EU AI Act, the role can apply whether the system or model is supplied for payment or free of charge.
A natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge.
A side-by-side comparison of Provider and Deployer. Understand who develops or places an AI system on the market and who uses it under their authority.
A side-by-side comparison of Provider and Downstream Provider. Understand the difference between the general provider role and a provider that integrates an AI model into its own system or offering.