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9 Sept 2026 · Harvey
Harvey raises $550 million at $15.5 billion and buys Guardrails AIArtificial Lawyer reported a $550 million round at a $15.5 billion valuation, plus Harvey’s acquisition of Guardrails AI for agent security.
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4 Sept 2026 · GC AI
Crunchbase: GC AI built by a three-time GC for in-house teamsCrunchbase reported about 2,100 company customers, including Lockheed Martin, TIME, Eventbrite, Vercel and Gusto, and $72 million raised across three rounds.
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4 Sept 2026 · Paxton AI
Paxton Assistant drafts and answers with live legal researchVendor product update: the assistant can run research inside a drafting session and insert clickable citations to statutes, regulations or case law.
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20 Jul 2026 · Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance launches AI KM platform with Microsoft and EpiqIndependent report of an AI-enabled knowledge-management platform described as Knowledge Bank.
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7 Jul 2026 · Norm Ai
Norm Ai raises $120 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuationLawSites reported a Khosla-led Series C valuing Norm Ai at $1.2 billion, with Blackstone, Bain, Coatue and Vanguard participating, to hire and expand supervisory agents.
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23 Jun 2026 · Relativity aiR
Independent study: aiR for Review 88% recall versus 64% for TARLegal IT Insider reported a Redgrave LLP study on 45,004 documents: Relativity aiR for Review recalled 88% of responsive documents versus 64% for an active-learning TAR workflow.
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7 Jun 2026 · Spellbook
Independent review: Spellbook as a Word contract copilot for transactional lawyersA practitioner review of Spellbook as a Microsoft Word add-in that drafts and reviews contract language in document context, aimed at solos and small transactional firms.
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Report / publication · 5 Jun 2026
HMCTS: using artificial intelligence to improve justice servicesOfficial blog on a careful approach to AI in courts and tribunals. Approach statement — not automatically deployment evidence.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
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Report / publication · 18 May 2026
Bar Standards Board issues AI and other technologies guidanceGuidance in force 18 May 2026. Professional regulation of generative AI use. Not BSB deployment evidence.
Bar Standards Board
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14 May 2026 · EvenUp
EvenUp launches pre-litigation-as-a-service for PI firmsIndependent report of a managed pre-litigation offering on top of the claims platform, with EvenUp saying it processes 10,000-plus cases a week for 30% of the top 100 PI firms.
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30 Apr 2026 · Legora
Nvidia and Atlassian join $50 million Legora Series D extensionArtificial Lawyer reported a $50 million Series D extension joined by NVentures and Atlassian, taking the round to $600 million and the valuation to $5.6 billion.
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23 Apr 2026 · Freshfields
Freshfields and Anthropic team up to co-build AI legal workflows, deploying Claude across the firm globallyFirm announcement of a multi-year Anthropic agreement: co-innovation, firm-wide Claude deployment, Freshfields Lab platform, and planned 12-month workflow collaboration with Anthropic’s legal team.
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14 Apr 2026 · Streamline AI
Streamline launches an in-house legal AI platform with Velo and FeatherlineVendor launch of interconnected agents for intake-to-execution, introducing Velo Copilot and Featherline contract review, and citing Gusto, 8x8, Bloom Energy and Horizon3.
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25 Mar 2026 · Harvey
Harvey valued at $11 billion after $200 million roundCNBC reported Harvey raised $200 million at an $11 billion valuation, co-led by GIC and Sequoia, to expand its legal AI tools for law firms and professional services.
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11 Mar 2026 · Luminance
Luminance opens autonomous contract negotiation to the wider enterpriseVendor Legalweek announcement that Autopilot / Autonomous Negotiation can run without lawyer intervention and now surfaces the reasons behind each mark-up.
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10 Mar 2026 · Legora
Legora raises $550 million Series D at $5.55 billionTechCrunch reported a $550 million Accel-led Series D at a $5.55 billion valuation, with the platform used by 800 law firms and legal teams.
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Report / publication · 9 Feb 2026
SRA: Compliance tips for solicitors regarding the use of AI and technologyUpdated 9 February 2026. Professional guidance on AI and lawtech use. Not evidence of SRA internal AI deployment.
Solicitors Regulation Authority
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22 Jan 2026 · Norm Ai
Former Sidley chair Mike Schmidtberger joins Norm LawThe American Lawyer reported Sidley’s former executive-committee chair joining Norm Law as chairman, partner and head of investment-funds and regulatory.
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10 Dec 2025 · Harvey
CMS expands Harvey firmwide across 50+ countriesIndependent report that CMS rolled Harvey out across 21 member firms and more than 7,000 lawyers in 50-plus countries, with internal analysis showing 93% of users reporting productivity gains.
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2 Dec 2025 · Harvey
RSGI/Harvey adoption report: 40 firms and in-house teams surveyedLegal IT Insider reported RSGI’s survey of 40 Harvey customers: 85% said legal work was executed faster, with named firms including A&O Shearman, Ashurst and Paul Weiss.
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26 Nov 2025 · Norm Ai
LawSites: Norm Law and $140 million-plus total fundingLawSites detailed legal-engineering of regulatory agents, a client base said to manage more than $30 trillion in assets, and backers including Bain, Vanguard, Citi and Coatue.
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Report / publication · 1 Oct 2025
The Law Society publishes Generative AI – the essentialsProfessional primer on generative AI for solicitors and firms. Report/publication — not deployment evidence.
The Law Society of England and Wales
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8 Apr 2025 · Freshfields
Freshfields and Google Cloud accelerate legal innovation through strategic AI collaborationFirm announcement of a strategic AI collaboration with Google Cloud. Collaboration headline — not, by itself, a named production workflow.
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6 Apr 2025 · A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman and Harvey to roll out agentic AI agents targeting complex legal workflowsFirm announcement of agentic, multi-step reasoning agents with Harvey for antitrust filing analysis, cybersecurity, fund formation and loan review.
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