Case Study

Bayshore: The State of Compliance in European Enterprises.

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Potloc
Published date
November 9, 2026

CLIENT
Legal Technology

GOAL
Thought leadership, European compliance benchmark

INDUSTRY
Technology, Legal & Compliance

CHALLENGE

Bayshore wanted to know how compliance leaders really see their workload and AI, with evidence that could stand on its own.

Regulatory obligations keep growing, AI is moving into compliance work and budgets for it are being set. Bayshore wanted to understand where compliance teams’ time actually goes, how far AI has been deployed, and whether teams trust it enough to act on its output. Answering credibly meant hearing directly from senior compliance, legal and risk professionals at large European enterprises, across countries and industries, without respondents knowing who was asking.

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SOLUTION

Potloc programmed and fielded Bayshore’s first State of Compliance survey, reaching 85 compliance leaders across 10 European countries.

Potloc recruited and screened respondents at enterprises with 1,000+ employees. Every respondent had 5+ years of compliance experience and a role in decisions about compliance tools, and the sample ran from heads of compliance and CCOs to compliance managers and general counsel. Phone interviewing kept this senior audience engaged, and 14 data quality checks were applied over 12 days of fieldwork. Respondents never knew who commissioned the study, so the findings hold up as independent research.

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RESULTS

The data showed compliance teams deploying AI faster than they trust it, with budgets committed before that gap is closed.

The survey gave Bayshore a clear picture of a function under pressure: obligations are rising, headcount is not keeping pace, and AI is already in production while trust in its output lags behind. It also pinned that trust gap on what teams need from the system itself: human sign-off, cited sources, a full audit trail and consistent answers. Bayshore used the findings to publish the first edition of its State of Compliance report, with five concrete moves for compliance leaders to make before their AI budgets are spent.

 

85 compliance, legal & risk leaders surveyed

10 European countries targeted

14 data quality controls employed

12 days of fieldwork

“ AI is in production, but trust is not. Teams deploy it faster than they trust it, and budgets are already set, so trust has to sit in the system itself: human sign-off, cited sources, a full audit trail and consistent answers. Potloc gave us the evidence to show that across 10 countries. ”
Philipp Wiegand Founder & CEO Bayshore AI

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