ALSP
Nixon and Tapp Launch ALSP NuCas + In-depth Interview
Lucy Nixon and Richard Tapp, both well-known legal sector experts with a track record in managed services, have launched a new ALSP, NuCas, which will …
Funding
Nexl Bags $23m, Will Invest In Hires + Acquisitions
Nexl, the legal go-to-market and CRM platform, has gained $23m in Series B funding led by Tidemark Capital. The Australia-based business, which started in 2018 …
Hybrid AI Law Firm
Hybrid AI Law Firm, Crosby, Raises $20m – Cooley Invests
Hybrid AI Law Firm, Crosby, has raised $20m in a Series A funding round. Investors include California-based Cooley – which is interesting given effectively this …
Legal Innovators UK
Legal Innovators UK – Speaker Highlight: A&O Shearman’s Helen Lightfoot
Ahead of the Legal Innovators UK conference on November 4, 5 and 6 in London, the team spoke to Helen Lightfoot, Head of Innovation, Global …
AI + Intake
Intake Is Broken: Why Law Firms Can’t Afford to Ignore AI
By Jay Madheswaran, CEO, Eve. For decades, intake has been the quiet weak link of law firm operations. It sits at the intersection of client …
Walk Through
Product Walk Through: Jus Mundi – Jus AI 2, Arbitration Agent
This week’s AL TV Product Walk Through is with Jus Mundi and looks in detail at its new Jus AI 2 capabilities, which have a …
AI + Insurance
FurtherAI Bags $25m Series A For Insurance Matters
(Note, posting this primarily to test a new update to the site. Pls ignore if not interested in this.) FurtherAI, an AI startup for insurance, …
Funding
Plaintiff Bar AI Takes Off – EvenUp Bags $150m
Plaintiff Bar AI tools are really taking off now, as EvenUp gains $150m in a Series E round at a $2 billion valuation – led …
Agents
OpenAI Launches AgentKit To Boost Agent Use
LLM pioneer OpenAI has launched AgentKit, which uses a visual canvas and building block approach to improve agent creation and deployment. In turn this should …
Law Punx
Law Punx: ‘AI Model Fine-Tuning Is Overrated’
In this Law Punx blast, Scott Stevenson of Spellbook discusses the limitations of fine-tuning AI models for legal use cases, arguing that it has become …