Why I Started Sopio.ai: Building the AI Command Center for Compliance and Control

Why I founded Sopio.ai: addressing the urgent need for compliance, visibility, and control in enterprise AI deployments under the EU AI Act and GDPR.

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Why I Started Sopio.ai

By 2025, I kept hearing the same thing from CTOs:

We’re shipping AI, but we don’t have a sane way to control it.

Teams were juggling model vendors, shadow prompts, and compliance spreadsheets while the EU AI Act and GDPR loomed.

The gaps were consistent:

  • No single place to enforce AI policies across apps and providers.
  • Weak visibility and auditability of who used which model, on what data, and at what cost.
  • Painful, bespoke work to meet AI Act/GDPR expectations like traceability, PII protection, and data residency.

After August 2025, I finally had the time to focus fully on solving this problem. That’s when I started building the Sopio team and shaping the solution we had envisioned for years: an AI command center for enterprises.

I founded Sopio.ai to deliver exactly that, an enterprise control layer that sits between your organization and AI providers, automatically enforces policy, captures complete audit trails, and gives leaders real-time visibility into usage, risk, and ROI, all with a one-line integration for engineering teams.

Sopio provides SDKs (Python/TypeScript) and a REST API, is provider-neutral (works with all major LLMs and popular frameworks), supports PII masking and data localization, and helps you bridge to compliance with the EU AI Act, GDPR, and adjacent frameworks without re-architecting your stack.

Why This Matters

AI adoption is accelerating, but compliance, governance, and risk controls haven’t kept pace.
Most teams are still duct-taping solutions after the fact, leaving leaders exposed to fines, reputational risk, and spiraling costs.

With Sopio, we’re solving this at the infrastructure layer, making compliance and control automatic, so companies can focus on innovation without fear.

Let’s Talk

If your team is already deploying AI and you’re concerned about governance, compliance, or visibility, I’d love to hear from you.
👉 Check out Sopio.ai and if it resonates, let’s set up a call.

You can reach me directly to have call via my calandure.

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Ehsan Hosseini

Ehsan Hosseini

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Principal Software Engineer and Tech Lead with a track record of leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering scalable, end-to-end technology solutions. With experience across web, mobile, and backend systems, I help companies make smart architectural decisions, scale efficiently, and align technical strategy with business goals.

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