White House AI Executive Order Not as Bad as It Could be
Reinforces Need for Congressional Action on Comprehensive Framework WASHINGTON, D.C. – Responding to today’s White House Executive Order (EO) “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” establishing: A process [...]
How the SECURE Data Act Would Help Small Businesses Compete and Comply
As more states enact and expand their comprehensive privacy laws, small businesses must navigate an increasingly complex and fragmented regulatory landscape that pulls resources away from innovation, hiring, and [...]
Open Access, Closed Doors: How DMA Threatens Android’s AI Agent Balancing Efforts
Among the various Digital Markets Act (DMA) provisions the European Commission (Commission) is implementing, the “Interoperability” obligation is especially consequential for small business innovators. The Association for Competitive Technology [...]
Developers Reach a Port in the DMA Storm
The European Commission's ongoing implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) has produced a flood of proposals threatening the very safeguards that keep digital marketplaces and operating systems secure. [...]
Startups and SMEs Take London: GAEC UK 2026
ACT’s Annual Global App Economy Conferences (GAECs) bring our startup and tech members together for three days of founder-to-founder networking and direct engagement with policymakers. GAECs are the culmination [...]