Compliance workflows are business processes built to satisfy regulatory or policy requirements. In an AI context, this means automating the evidence collection, approval steps, and documentation that compliance demands — ensuring the right checks happen, the right people approve, and the right records are created, without depending on manual follow-through.
A new vendor onboarding workflow that automatically triggers background checks, requests relevant certifications, routes for compliance team review, and creates a documented approval record is a compliance workflow. The AI ensures nothing gets skipped and every step is logged — which is exactly what regulators and auditors want to see.
