On November 10, 2026, New York’s Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity and Trust (DIGIT), part of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), launched the RAISE Portal, the online system where large frontier AI developers register under the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act. According to the Governor’s office, large frontier developers operating in New York must register through the portal by January 1, 2027.
What opened on November 10, 2026
The launch was announced as part of the Governor’s November 10 release on the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research. The release states that DIGIT “launched its online portal for large frontier AI developers to register with New York State by January 1, 2027” and that DIGIT published a new website outlining requirements for frontier AI developers. That site, on the DFS domain, says frontier developers submit required information through the secure RAISE Portal and need an NY.gov ID account to enter it. The accounts are free.
The registration push follows a September 21, 2026 announcement in which the Governor said New York would begin directing large frontier AI developers to register in November and prepare for compliance. The November step is registration and preparation: the substantive duties begin in January 2027.
Who has to register
DFS guidance separates two groups. All frontier developers operating in New York carry baseline duties, while large frontier developers carry additional ones, including registration. DFS points to the statute for the definitions. Law-firm summaries of the final, amended Act describe a frontier model as a foundation model trained with more than 1026 operations of computing power, and a large frontier developer as one that, with its affiliates, had annual gross revenues above $500 million in the preceding calendar year (Cooley, Wiley). Those thresholds come from the statute as summarised by counsel, not from the DFS portal pages.
DFS also encourages developers that are not large to create a portal account early, so they can file a critical safety incident report quickly if one occurs.
What a large developer files
DFS describes a two-step process. First, after creating an NY.gov ID, a large frontier developer submits information certifying that the person filing is authorised to act for the company: legal name of the entity, country, street address, the filer’s name, title and contact details, and any supporting documentation. DIGIT may ask for clarifying information before authorising the account. Second, once authorised, the developer completes registration with what the Act calls the disclosure statement:
- the address of its principal place of business;
- the address of each office it maintains in New York, if applicable;
- beneficial ownership information, as the Act requires;
- primary, secondary and tertiary points of contact.
Once registration is approved, the developer uses the same account for critical safety incident reports, quarterly summaries of catastrophic risk and assessment payments.
Deadlines and ongoing duties
| Item | What DFS and the Governor’s office say |
|---|---|
| Register | Large frontier developers register through the RAISE Portal by January 1, 2027 and must maintain a current disclosure statement from that date to develop, deploy or operate frontier models in New York. |
| Renewal | Disclosure statements are renewed every two years, on transfer of frontier model ownership, or after a material change to previously reported information, whichever comes first. |
| Safety framework | Large developers publish and maintain a frontier AI safety framework, revised at least once a year. |
| Catastrophic-risk summaries | Every three months, submitted through the portal within 30 days of the end of the calendar quarter. |
| Critical safety incidents | All frontier developers report within 72 hours of determining that an incident occurred. Where an incident poses an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, disclosure to an appropriate public authority is required within 24 hours. |
| Transparency reports | All frontier developers publish a report on their website before or alongside deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model; large developers’ reports carry additional risk-assessment summaries. |
| Public reporting | Reporting of incidents by developers and the public opens January 1, 2027. DIGIT’s first annual report is due January 2, 2028. |
Fees and penalties
The Governor’s September release says large developers must pay assessments, and DFS says they must pay “applicable assessments” to operate in the state from January 1, 2027. The official pages give no assessment amount and no registration fee schedule. The statute’s penalties, as summarised by Wiley, include civil penalties by the Attorney General of up to $1 million for a first violation and up to $3 million for later ones, and up to $1,000 per day from the DIGIT office, after notice and a hearing, for failing to file a disclosure statement or to correct false information.
What this means for universities and research labs
Registration is aimed at commercial frontier developers. The DFS guidance does not discuss universities. Cooley’s analysis of the final Act says it exempts accredited colleges and universities in New York engaged in academic research, and also exempts the Empire AI consortium; the statute’s own text is the authority on how far that exemption reaches. Research offices at New York institutions that train very large models should therefore confirm their status against the statute rather than assume either coverage or exemption, and institutions elsewhere should note that the duties attach to developers operating in New York.
For universities, the more direct connection is the state’s research side. The same November 10 announcement launched the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research at SUNY Binghamton, which the state says will coordinate with DIGIT to begin reviewing developers’ published safety frameworks. We covered that separately in New York’s CAIRR AI safety network launch. Researchers who evaluate frontier models, or who rely on them in funded work, will find the safety frameworks and transparency reports that developers must publish from January a new public source for how those developers assess catastrophic risk.
Where this sits in the wider governance picture
New York’s approach sits alongside other national and regional regimes for advanced AI developers, such as Japan’s binding orders for advanced AI developers and the transparency obligations in the EU AI Act’s December 2026 obligations. For background on evaluation and governance of frontier systems, see CASRAI’s frontier AI safety hub.
Sources
- New York State Department of Financial Services, “Governor Hochul Declares New York Will Lead the Nation in AI Science and Safety; Launches New Research Institute,” November 10, 2026: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/node/449846 (checked 2026-11-14).
- DFS, “Information for Frontier Developers” (DIGIT): https://www.dfs.ny.gov/digit/Frontier-Developers (checked 2026-11-14).
- DFS, DIGIT overview: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/digit (checked 2026-11-14).
- DFS, “AI Safety: Governor Hochul Announces Next Steps to Regulate Major AI Developers and Protect New Yorkers,” September 21, 2026: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr20260921 (checked 2026-11-14).
- Cooley, “New York’s Frontier AI Law Gets a California Makeover – With Some Key Differences,” March 31, 2026: https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2026/2026-03-31-new-yorks-frontier-ai-law-gets-a-california-makeover-with-some-key-differences (checked 2026-11-14).
- Wiley, “New York Finalizes RAISE Act for Frontier AI Models; Law Takes Effect January 1, 2027”: https://www.wiley.law/alert-New-York-Finalizes-RAISE-Act-for-Frontier-AI-Models-Law-Takes-Effect-January-1-2027 (checked 2026-11-14).
- The Paypers, “New York opens AI developer registration as RAISE Act nears effect,” November 13, 2026: https://thepaypers.com/regulations/news/new-york-opens-ai-developer-registration-as-raise-act-nears-effect (checked 2026-11-14).
