AI-based legaltech start-up Eudia has entered into a strategic partnership with OpenAI to support legal and acquisition teams in the Department of War and other US government agencies.
The partnership will build on Eudia’s platform that is already deployed across government agencies by integrating OpenAI’s frontier models to help improve efficiency for contracting officers, legal counsel and programme managers.
Andrew Keene, head of business development and partnerships at OpenAI for Government, said: “With Eudia’s intelligent operational layer built on top of our most powerful models, government teams can unlock new capabilities that
help them move faster and deliver stronger mission outcomes.”
Coleman Monroe, head of product at Eudia, added: “In practical terms, this means government lawyers and acquisition officers get AI tools built specifically for their work, helping them move faster and make better decisions without cutting corners on quality or compliance.
“We already have proof this works. In our deployment with the US Air Force, we reduced contract review times by 74% and cut overall procurement lead times by 40%.”
The partnership with Eudia comes amid controversy around the US military’s use of AI, which has prompted an ongoing dispute between the Pentagon and OpenAI’s rival Anthropic and led to OpenAI adding language to an agreement with the Department of War in March, preventing its tools from being used for domestic surveillance or its technology being used to direct autonomous weapons systems or for high-stakes automated decisions.
California-based Eudia was founded in 2023 by a trio comprising of CEO Omar Haroun, chief technology officer Ashish Agrawal and chief operating officer David Van Reyk.
In September last year, the firm launched Eudia Counsel in Arizona, where outside investment into law firms is permitted, which it described as the world’s first AI-augmented law firm.
This followed the acquisition of legaltech services provider Out-House a month later.
Last year it also raised $105m in a Series A funding round, led by venture capital firm General Catalyst, alongside investors Floodgate, Sierra Ventures, Hakluyt Capital, Defy, Everywhere Ventures, B3 Capital, Backbone and Firsthand.
Additionally, angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Chris Re, Andrew Sieja, Mike Gamson and Scott Belsky were contributors.
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