Funding
Ex-ROSS Cofounder Bags $5.3m* Seed For Judge Intelligence
Bench IQ, an AI-powered judicial intelligence platform, led by former ROSS co-founder Jimoh Ovbiagele, has raised a $5.3m* Seed round. It follows a $2.1m pre-seed …
Legal AI + Inhouse
Rethinking Legal Workflows: How AI Is Transforming the Solo Legal Department
By Ellen Traweek, LexisNexis. In the world of fast-paced business, the legal department is often the last to enjoy the luxury of ‘extra time.’ For …
Law Punx
Welcome To Law Punx: ‘AI Won’t Solve The Contract Problem’
Welcome to Law Punx, a new podcast by Artificial Lawyer where you – the legal tech community – share your views on topics that really …
AI Market Share
Webber Wentzel Picks Legora, Clients Can Get Supported Use
Webber Wentzel, one of the leading law firms in South Africa and a long-term ally of Linklaters, has picked Legora as its AI productivity platform, …
Agentic AI
Stop Calling Workflows ‘Agents’ – A Guide to Real Agentic AI
By Jake Jones, Flank. Legal tech has a new addiction: slapping ‘agentic’ on anything with an LLM and a few integrations. It’s sloppy, it confuses …
Bank Holiday Special
SpotDraft, StructureFlow, BigHand, Eudia + ClausePilot
It’s a UK Bank Holiday on Monday, so AL’s taking a long weekend while the sun still shines. See you on Tuesday, Aug 26th. But, …
Client Win
CMS Germany Rolls Out ClauseBuddy To All Lawyers
CMS Germany has chosen ClauseBuddy – the drafting solution made by Belgian legal tech company ClauseBase – as its go-to legal drafting tool, and will …
IP + ALSP
LegalZoom To Offer Patent Filings Via Own Law Firm
LegalZoom is to offer patent filing – using its own ALSP law firm based in Arizona, a liberalised local market. ‘Instead of charging $5,500+’, they …
Open Source Legal AI
Aracor Taps GPT-OSS for Security-Focused Dealmakers
Aracor AI, an AI-native deal analysis platform for inhouse counsel and VCs, is leveraging OpenAI’s new opensource LLM: GPT-OSS 120B. The goal is to provide …
Podcast
Zach + Richard’s Excellent Legal AI Adventure
‘What if Harvey’s $5 billion valuation is a fraction of where it may be in the future? Why doesn’t every lawyer in the world have …