{
 "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/deployer",
 "slug": "deployer",
 "prefLabel": "Deployer",
 "altLabel": [
  "AI deployer"
 ],
 "hiddenLabel": [],
 "definition": "A company or other body that uses an AI system under its own authority, as opposed to the provider that makes it.",
 "scopeNote": "The EU AI Act (Article 3(4)) says: \"a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body using an AI system under its authority except where the AI system is used in the course of a personal non-professional activity.\"\nMany people assume a deployer is the builder. Under the Act, a company that uses an AI system at work is a deployer; the company that makes it is the provider.",
 "tier": "reference",
 "group": "Oversight",
 "broader": [],
 "narrower": [],
 "related": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/high-risk-ai",
   "type": "related"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/provider",
   "type": "pair"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/use-case-owner",
   "type": "confused"
  }
 ],
 "links": [],
 "modified": "2026-10-21",
 "markdown": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/deployer.md",
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  "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon",
  "version": "1.0",
  "currentAsOf": "2026-10-21"
 }
}