AI applications in the legal sector, covering contract analysis, regulatory compliance, litigation support, and legal research tools.
A new CSC report shows that 91% of senior legal professionals are concerned about online intellectual property infringements, with most attributing the rise to AI-enabled systems and expecting further increases in the coming years.
Clarivate has introduced two new AI-powered tools within its Innography platform: the AI Classifier for patent portfolio benchmarking and the SEP Analyzer for standard essential patent analysis. The tools aim to accelerate portfolio strategy and licensing decisions.
Workday has introduced a Custom AI Model Library for its Contract Intelligence Agent, featuring over 120 pre-built models designed to speed up contract reviews and risk analysis across business functions.
Legal AI startup Harvey has secured $150 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, pushing its valuation to $8 billion. This follows its €50 million investment from EQT Growth earlier this month as the company continues rapid expansion in the legal tech sector.
Clio’s 2025 Legal Trends Report shows measurable effects of legal technology on lawyer performance, including reduced cognitive load and emotional strain, and improved accuracy and engagement.
Bengaluru-based legal tech company Lucio has raised $5 million to enhance its AI-native workspace for lawyers, with the funding led by DeVC and investors Ashish Kacholia and Lashit Sanghvi.
Eudia has acquired Out-House, a legal services provider for Fortune 500 companies, to strengthen its AI-augmented legal offerings and enterprise reach. The acquisition follows Eudia’s Series A funding, the purchase of Johnson Hana, and the launch of Eudia Counsel earlier this year.
Eve has announced the general availability of its AI Intake platform, combining voice agents, transcription, and case qualification to streamline client intake for plaintiff law firms across the U.S. and Canada.
Italian startup Lexroom.ai has raised €16 million in a Series A round led by Base10 Partners to accelerate its AI-powered legal platform and expand into Germany and Spain.
Axiom says its AI Tech+Talent solution has boosted productivity by up to 75% for in-house legal departments, saving millions across Fortune 500 companies since its February launch.
Clio has introduced a new Enterprise division and AI suite designed for large law firms and corporate legal departments, expanding its technology offerings beyond small and midsize practices.
Statewide Publishing and Legal Notice Service (LNS) have announced a strategic partnership to launch a fully connected, compliance-driven legal notice platform in the U.S., beginning in six states with plans for nationwide expansion in 2026.
AI contract automation platform SimpleDocs has acquired Law Insider, adding access to over 5 million contracts and 20 million clauses across 50 languages to enhance its AI drafting and review tools.
Covenant has launched Covenant 2.0, an AI-powered legal intelligence platform providing private market investors real-time access to verified legal data and portfolio insights.
Clio has introduced the Intelligent Legal Work Platform, a unified system that integrates AI across its suite of products, including the new Clio Work, to connect legal research, practice management, and operations in one place.
Thomson Reuters has partnered with DeepJudge to integrate the AI startup’s knowledge platform into its CoCounsel Legal suite, allowing law firms to combine internal know-how with Thomson Reuters’ proprietary content in a unified environment.
LegalOn Technologies has acquired Fides Technology, expanding its platform beyond contract and matter management to include governance and entity management tools for in-house legal teams.
Syntracts has raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Hyperplane, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Myriad Venture Partners, to scale its on-premises legal AI platform for law firms and corporate legal teams.
LEGALFLY has introduced Legal Radar, an AI agent that helps in-house legal and compliance teams monitor upcoming legislation and assess business impact across jurisdictions.
Archive360 has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to integrate its governed data platform with Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models, enabling AI-driven compliance and investigation workflows for large organizations.
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