Build vs. Buy: Making the Right Call for AI-Powered Product Compliance
Webinar Overview
AI has made building your own compliance intelligence platform feel deceptively simple. You can spin up a model, connect a few data sources, and have a working prototype in days. So it’s no surprise that many enterprise compliance and product teams are asking: should we just build this ourselves?
The answer, for most organisations, is more complicated than the prototype suggests. There’s a significant gap between what’s possible to build and what’s actually sustainable to operate at scale – and that gap is where most of the cost, the complexity, and the compliance risk lives.
Join us on July 1st as we walk through the real build vs. buy decision in the age of AI – including what it actually costs to maintain a compliant, defensible, production-grade compliance intelligence system, and why the proprietary data, expert governance, and almost 25 years of regulatory expertise behind Adherent are not differentiators you can shortcut.
Why Join?
- The Illusion of the Prototype
Understand why an internal build that works in demos rarely holds up in production, where accuracy, consistency, and defensibility are non-negotiable. - The Real Cost of Building
Get a clear-eyed view of the true total cost of ownership: engineering, governance, QA, infrastructure, and ongoing tuning – and why the numbers rarely stay at prototype scale. - Why Governance Is the Hard Part
Learn why AI fails subtly, and why the validation layers, human oversight, and audit-ready traceability required for compliance decisions can’t be bolted on after the fact. - The Data Problem No Build Can Shortcut
Understand why Adherent’s regulatory dataset – 120,000+ regulations across 195 countries, built over almost 25 years – is the foundation that no internal team can replicate quickly. - When Buying Wins
Explore the practical business case for investing in a purpose-built platform versus sustaining an internal system that demands as much resource as it saves. - Live Q&A
Ask your questions directly to our team.
Date
This webinar will take place on Wednesday, 1st July, 2026 at 08:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 17:00 CET.
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Presenters
Eric Farr, CTO, Adherent
Eric is a technologist and team builder, scaling software systems through modern cloud technologies and scaling teams with agile DevOps practices.
Prior to joining Adherent, Eric was CTO Autoquotes (acquired by Revalize), a SaaS platform that turned aggregated content into value.
He also led Engineering for predictive analytics provider EagleEye (acquired by Guidewire), field service SaaS platform WorkWave, and mobility solution provider Agentek.
Sourabh Dixit, Head of AI, Adherent
Sourabh Dixit is Head of AI at Compliance & Risks, where he leads the company’s AI strategy and the development of intelligent solutions that help global organisations navigate complex regulatory challenges. He brings over 13 years of experience applying AI across finance, compliance, audit, cybersecurity and due diligence, building his career at the intersection of advanced technology, regulated industries and enterprise transformation.
Sourabh has held senior leadership roles across the Irish FinTech, RegTech and enterprise AI ecosystem, including as a founding member of technical teams. His work spans the full AI product lifecycle, contributing to document intelligence, M&A due diligence and regulatory decision-support capabilities used across financial services. He also holds patents in natural language processing and data extraction, reflecting his long-standing commitment to applied innovation in AI for highly regulated markets.
Danny Cassidy, VP of Sales, Adherent
Danny is a seasoned leader with over twenty-five years of experience in software development, professional services, and growth leadership, specializing in Product Compliance and Sustainability. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Adherent, Danny has partnered with over 150 corporate leaders to implement best-in-class solutions and technologies.
Starting his career at Motorola and transitioning to financial services and Fintech, Danny has brought significant advances in RegTech to the manufacturing industry over the past eight years. He has guided leading global brands in developing and implementing transformative regulatory compliance programs, leveraging modern technology and expertise to drive sustainability.
