A Danish digital identity startup is developing an AI agent designed to help companies implement eIDAS 2.0 standards, according to comments made during a recent ID Talk podcast conversation with dewa CEO Lorenz Flechtenmacher.
Flechtenmacher said the company is working on an AI-driven tool that would help organizations integrate European digital identity protocols and become compliant with the upcoming eIDAS 2.0 framework. The agent is intended to plug directly into developer environments and assist with implementing technical standards published by the EU.
“We’re working on an AI agent that helps companies become eIDAS 2.0 compliant and implement the protocols that eIDAS 2.0 publishes,” Flechtenmacher said. “You’ll be able to plug that agent into your IDE and work with the standards that the EU published and implement the protocols that are out there.” The announcement places dewa alongside a growing field of vendors seeking to operationalize compliance with the regulation, though dewa’s approach of embedding the work inside a developer tool is a distinct angle.
The disclosure came at the end of a broader discussion covering dewa’s recent deployment of digital identity infrastructure in Denmark through a partnership with e-Boks, one of the country’s most widely used digital communication platforms.
According to Flechtenmacher, the rollout reached approximately 5.3 million users and involved issuing more than 160 million verifiable credentials. The credentials are designed for privacy-preserving age verification, using single-use credentials that are reissued after each presentation. The European Commission has published a dedicated age verification use case manual for the EUDI Wallet, and several EU member states are already deploying credential-based age checks: Greece has rolled out digital age verification for alcohol and tobacco sales, while Germany has proposed the EUDI Wallet as a mandatory age gate for social media platforms.
The company built the solution as a modular identity infrastructure layer that can support multiple use cases beyond age verification, including digital driver’s licenses, insurance credentials and other forms of verifiable identity.
Flechtenmacher said the deployment was completed in roughly 42 days after integration into the e-Boks environment, a timeline driven in part by the approaching eIDAS 2.0 deadlines and the broader push across Europe to launch digital identity wallets. Sweden has set December 1, 2026 as the opening date for its state e-ID applications, reflecting the urgency of the regional rollout.
The conversation also touched on broader challenges facing eIDAS 2.0 adoption. Flechtenmacher noted that many European governments are building wallet infrastructure internally or through consulting firms, rather than working with product companies. He suggested this approach could slow adoption and reduce opportunities for innovation.
Flechtenmacher pointed to the Nordic region as a model for digital identity adoption, noting that public-private collaboration helped drive high adoption rates under earlier eID initiatives.
The discussion also covered dewa’s internal use of AI tools, including an OpenClaw-based system used for content and development support. Flechtenmacher said AI tools allow the company’s small team to operate at a much larger scale, though core backend development remains manually implemented due to security and compliance considerations.
The full conversation with Flechtenmacher is available in the latest episode of ID Talk, where he discusses the Danish rollout, privacy-preserving age verification, eIDAS 2.0 timelines, and the evolving role of AI in digital identity infrastructure development.
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
