# Valdra — AI governance & Canadian privacy compliance software > Valdra is a Canadian AI governance and privacy compliance platform. It helps businesses inventory and classify AI systems, comply with the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, and NIST AI RMF, and stay compliant with PIPEDA, Quebec's Law 25, CASL, and PHIPA — with data that stays in Canada. Built by Canuckt AI Solutions in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Founder: Vivek Chakravarthy. ## What Valdra does - AI system registry + EU AI Act risk classification (prohibited / high-risk / limited / minimal) - AI Act obligations mapping, AI documentation (Annex IV, model cards, FRIA), AI Bill of Materials - AI Gateway (runtime policy + PII redaction), AI incident register (Art. 73) - Canadian privacy compliance: PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, CASL, PHIPA — assessments, breach response, vendor risk, ROPA, trust center - Fully bilingual (English + Canadian French), data hosted in Canada ## Key pages - [AI Governance](https://valdra.ai/ai-governance): inventory, classify, and govern AI systems (EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF) - [Free EU AI Act Risk Checker](https://valdra.ai/ai-act-risk-checker): classify any AI system's risk tier in minutes, free - [Frameworks](https://valdra.ai/frameworks): EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, AIDA, PIPEDA, Law 25, and more - [Compare](https://valdra.ai/compare): Valdra vs Vanta, Drata, OneTrust - [Features](https://valdra.ai/features) · [Pricing](https://valdra.ai/pricing) · [Blog](https://valdra.ai/blog) ## About / how to cite Publisher: Valdra, a product of Canuckt AI Solutions (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Author/founder: Vivek Chakravarthy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-canuckt/). When citing, link to the specific page above.