Innovation Dilemma
Must ‘Claude For Legal’ Head Be A Lawyer?
Some have criticised Anthropic’s choice of Robert Mahari as its ‘Head of Claude for Legal’ for not having worked long-term as a lawyer. But, does …
Legal Transformation
Bird & Bird Hires Big Four Transformation Team From EY
International law firm Bird & Bird has hired a legal transformation team from Big Four firm EY in the shape of Shahin Baghaei, along with: …
Y Combinator
4 Legal Techs Join Y Combinator Summer ‘26
Legendary startup incubator and investor, Y Combinator, has accepted four legal tech companies into its summer 2026 cohort. Artificial Lawyer takes a look: Perceptron ML …
Claude for Legal
Anthropic Hires ‘Head of Claude For Legal’
Anthropic has hired Robert Mahari to be its first official ‘Head of Claude for Legal’. He’s a Fellow of Stanford’s CodeX legal tech group and …
Wrap
AI Realism, ILTACon, Legal Innovators New York + UK
Welcome to this week’s Wrap. We start with a selection of legal tech news, including the finding that AI realism is breaking out finally, albeit …
AI Sovereignty
Law Firms Need To Reassert Their AI Sovereignty, Here’s How
By Jesse Hampton, Draftwise. ‘You essentially pay for intelligence twice, once with money, and again with something even more valuable: the proprietary knowledge you must …
Partnership
Thomson Reuters Partners With Laurel
Thomson Reuters is adding to its long list of legal tech partners with the addition of Laurel, the time recording system. The move follows TR’s …
Investment
Wordsmith Celebrates $14m Series B Extension
Wordsmith has raised a $14 million extension to their June Series B round, led with new investment from Intact Private Capital, alongside existing investors Highland …
AI Judges
Pick Your AI Judges, Give Them A Spin!
Meet BenchSim, a legal tech company that now provides video simulations of AI judges so that you can test out your courtroom prowess. Or, as …
AI + Litigation
Aavalynx Raises £1.5m Pre-Seed for Litigation Insights
Aavalynx, an AI-powered platform that gives insights into ongoing litigation portfolios for enterprises, has raised £1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Its founder and CEO, Hanna …