Corporate AI investment

Palo Alto Networks' legal department built task-specific AI drafting tools in Google Gemini using pre-approved templates and playbooks. The tools handle low-complexity business agreements and reduced document turnaround time from several days to one.

Finnegan has rolled out Harvey firm-wide across its intellectual property practice. The firm is applying the platform to its litigation and IP workflows.

Bradley has selected and rolled out Legora's AI technology firmwide as its primary AI platform. The deployment provides over 1,200 attorneys and business professionals with access to AI tools integrated into their daily workflows.

Pierson Ferdinand launched as an AI-native, partner-only global law firm, evaluating dozens of tools and deploying Harvey and vLex to replace traditional associate tasks like document review and casework. The firm also utilizes Anthropic models for internal processes such as accounting and finance.

The in-house legal team at Prosus has built and deployed approximately 300 AI agents. These agents are designed to automate and accelerate labor-intensive legal tasks.

Latham purchased GPUs to support its internal private AI processing and legal workflows.

Kirkland committed $500 million toward private and on-premise AI infrastructure and capabilities.

Kirkland & Ellis has announced major investments into building its own internal artificial intelligence capabilities.

OpenAI launched Astra for Law, an artificial intelligence system combining GPT-6 Astra with a specialized legal search index and research tools designed for professional work by law firms and legal technology companies.

CHBeck has acquired a majority stake in Berlin-based legal technology platform Noxtua with an investment of over €100 million. The investment aims to integrate CHBeck's legal content with Noxtua's AI platform for legal research, analysis, and document creation.

Austrian legal publisher MANZ participated as a strategic investor in acquiring a stake in Noxtua alongside CHBeck. The investment connects MANZ's legal content network with Noxtua's AI platform for legal workflows.

Checkbox built and launched First Pass, a context-aware AI agent designed to review incoming legal requests, contracts, and invoices before they consume lawyer time.

Definely has partnered with OpenAI to build an integration that brings its contract review and verification technology directly into ChatGPT Enterprise via Model Context Protocol.

AcclaimIP is building generative AI and machine learning capabilities into its software platform to solve challenges in patent search and analytics.

Houston Harbaugh has built and deployed an internal, secure AI-enabled information management tech stack alongside AI research and analysis tools for its legal practice.

UK law firm Lewis Silkin and its affiliated tech company LS Innovations built and launched Lettu, an AI-powered platform designed to help creators, talent managers, agencies, and brands handle briefs, contracts, and negotiations more efficiently.

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres appointed a lead for its artificial intelligence capabilities.

Massumi & Consoli struck an investment agreement with Trive Capital pitched around building AI capability.

Norton Rose Fulbright is making an internal AI investment by recruiting for multiple AI, data science, and governance roles, including a Head of AI Transformation Portfolio and AI Engineers.

Freshfields is fully funding LL.M degrees in Law & Technology at King's College London for select trainees starting September 2025. The firm is providing full tuition coverage plus a £20,000 maintenance grant per trainee to future-proof its legal talent pipeline.