Corporate AI investment

Clio is launching a free education and certification program and pledging to train 25,000 legal professionals on legal AI before ClioCon 2026. The company says it is investing in education to help legal professionals build the AI capabilities needed in a rapidly evolving profession.

The firm has internally built an artificial intelligence platform called FundAssist. It is intended to help associates in the private funds group work on more deals and ramp up faster rather than cut headcount.

Centerbase is launching Centerbase IQ, an AI-powered natural language chat tool embedded in its practice management platform to give firms citation-backed answers from their own operational data. It is also creating an internal knowledge base capability so firms can encode their own benchmarks and best practices.

At the firm, associate James Phoenix built an AI time recording tool as a side project. The article says it is now deployed firmwide, showing an internal adoption of a lawyer-built AI tool.

Lawyers at the firm used vibe coding to create an AI policy training game as an internal web application. The example is presented as a fully functional tool built through natural language prompts for internal use.

The firm enabled no-code automation tools through its Microsoft subscription so associates could build AI-enabled workflows. Those tools were used internally to create document-processing tools and other automations that were later adopted by the firm.

The firm selected August as its firmwide AI platform after a four-month evaluation. It is deploying it across practice areas as well as finance, billing, marketing, operations, and administration to support the whole firm, not just lawyers.

Honigman partnered with Hotshot to deliver AI training for its own attorneys and to extend that model to client education. The firm is using the partnership to strengthen its AI capabilities and provide hands-on experience with AI tools.

Covenant is an AI-powered law firm that was built with AI as the starting premise for how legal services should be delivered. The firm says it is designing its workflow, technology stack and client interface around AI to reduce time and cost for private-markets legal work.

Dentsu is an early adopter of Harvey and is using its agentic workflows and Shared Spaces for legal operations collaboration. The page describes Dentsu as exploring how agentic AI and collaborative Shared Spaces fit into its in-house legal team’s work.

The firm is developing Contract Matrix as an early productized legal workflow. The article cites it as an example of law firms building AI-enabled tools in-house rather than relying only on general-purpose models.

The firm says it builds AI-powered legal products with hundreds of lawyers around its global network and uses those products internally to deliver legal advice more efficiently. It also says its lawyers help test, give feedback, and suggest improvements throughout development.

Macfarlanes says it is continuing to invest in practical innovation, including expanding its law tech team and launching Amplify, an AI-powered tool for in-house teams to process legal documents and contractual data. The firm also says it was one of the first UK firms to partner with Harvey.

Linklaters created a team of 20 lawyers to help deploy artificial intelligence technology across the firm. After training, the team will advise lawyers worldwide on using AI to improve workflows and client service.

NetDocuments added six new apps to its ndMAX Studio program. The apps cover trademark prosecution and plaintiff-side litigation tasks such as pre-filing review, PTO response drafting, deadline tracking, medical chronologies, demand letters, and expert witness profiles.

Descrybe launched an initiative that lets law firms and legal organizations build custom AI-powered legal research tools on top of its Legal Engine. The page describes open-source components for connecting custom applications and prebuilt workflows for research tasks.

Corsearch says it plans to continue investing in AI-powered technology across its Zeal and TrademarkNow products. The article does not give a dollar figure or further details on the commitment.

Flo AI has launched talent-analytics capabilities for law firms, including questions about recruiting sources, associate performance, and how skills have changed with AI adoption. The company says firm leaders have not previously been able to answer these questions from their own data in seconds.

Everlaw is building and launching AI-enabled products and features for legal teams, including generative AI tools and a public records and FOIA request solution. The page also notes Everlaw's CTO discussing agentic AI, indicating continued internal AI product investment.

Fisher Phillips says it has made a substantial investment in technology and artificial intelligence and has strategically built a tech-driven platform to improve client service. It also says it developed FP Collab, a client platform for real-time visibility into legal matters, spend management, and business resources.