Z.ai has released GLM-Legal, a multimodal model for the legal sector that outperformed several competitors on the Harvey LAB benchmark with a 19.17% score.
AT&T is integrating OpenAI tools into its internal legal team, LegalEdge, as part of a strategy to reduce its reliance on external law firms.
Garant has launched Iskra 2.0, an upgraded AI legal assistant featuring enhanced document analysis, contract review tools, and support for larger input volumes.
LawVu has launched Lens, an AI-powered contract analysis tool integrated into its LegalOS platform to help in-house legal teams identify risks and manage obligations.
Five global startups across AI, legaltech, and healthcare sectors secured new venture capital on October 5, 2026, led by OneByZero’s $20 million Series A round.
Copenhagen-based legal tech startup Pandektes has raised €13.5 million in a Series A round to expand its data infrastructure platform across Europe and North America.
AI-powered law firm Arceus Legal has raised $17 million to scale its operations and expand beyond commercial contract services.
Legal tech startup Noxtua has raised over €100 million in a Series C round, with publisher C.H.BECK becoming the company's majority shareholder.
Yandex has upgraded its 'Neuro-lawyer' AI assistant with a new architecture that enables the system to execute complex, multi-step legal tasks from a single prompt.
Legal AI startup Harvey has launched its own model, Tenet, to curb rising inference costs after its gross margins plummeted from 50% to negative 50% in six months.
A legal tech developer redesigned a RAG system by replacing pure LLM-based reasoning with a hybrid search, deterministic routing, and code-based validation to ensure accuracy and reproducibility.
Lithuanian legaltech startup EnforceShield has raised €1.7 million in seed funding to scale its AI-driven platform for automated intellectual property enforcement.
Supio is building a Firm OS platform that uses long-horizon agents to automate complex, multi-step legal workflows and manage case coordination across various enterprise systems.
German AI research startup Grubel has raised €3 million to automate the specialization of AI systems for complex legal work.
Legal tech startup Harvey AI has raised $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation to scale its infrastructure and develop custom large language models.
Legal AI startup Harvey has raised $550 million at a $15.6 billion valuation as its annual recurring revenue exceeds $400 million.
NYC startups Chariot Claims and Elm AI have raised $15.2 million and $6.2 million in total funding, respectively, according to recent SEC filings.
