Sources

Market Size

• US Census Bureau — 2023 Nonemployer Statistics — 30.4 million nonemployer businesses, $1.8 trillion in receipts
• Carta — Solo Founders Report 2025 — 36.3% of new startups are solo-founded (up from 23.7% in 2019)

AI Governance Market

• Gartner (February 2026) — AI governance spending expected to reach $492M in 2026, surpassing $1B by 2030

Enterprise AI Governance Funding Signal

• Fiddler AI — Crunchbase — $68.6M total funding raised
• Arthur AI — Crunchbase — $63M total funding raised
• Credo AI — Crunchbase — $41.3M total funding raised

EU AI Act

• European Commission — AI Act — First obligations August 2025, full enforcement August 2027, fines up to EUR 35M