Legal AI Acquisitions & Rebrands Tracker
Legal AI consolidates fast enough that the tool you shortlisted last year may have a new owner, a new name, or both by the time you sign. That matters practically: ownership changes affect pricing, roadmap, data handling, and whether the product survives at all. Rebrands are worse in a mundane way — they quietly break your research, because the reviews and comparisons you found are filed under a name that no longer exists.
This page is our running tracker. Every entry below is verified; we update the list as moves happen. If we've missed one, tell us.
Acquisitions
Casetext → Thomson Reuters (2023). The deal that set the template. Casetext's CoCounsel became Thomson Reuters' flagship AI assistant, now grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law content. If you're evaluating CoCounsel today, you're evaluating Thomson Reuters — the full comparison against Harvey and Legora is here.
Kira → Litera. Kira's machine-learning contract analysis, a fixture of law-firm due diligence work, was acquired by Litera and folded into its document ecosystem — an early marker that legal AI point solutions tend to end up inside bigger platforms.
Lexion → Docusign (May 2024). Contract lifecycle startup Lexion went to Docusign, which wanted AI-native contract management to pair with e-signature. One of two CLM startups absorbed by larger platforms within six months of each other.
Evisort → Workday (October 2024). The other one: contract intelligence platform Evisort was acquired by Workday, taking contract AI into the HR-and-finance suite world. Together with Lexion → Docusign, it established the pattern of CLM startups becoming features of much larger systems.
Rev + SmartDepo (March 2025). Transcription platform Rev acquired SmartDepo, adding structured legal transcript handling and exhibit reference support — the move that pushed a general transcription company squarely into our depositions and court reporting category.
Parrot → Filevine (April 2025). Remote deposition platform Parrot was acquired by case management vendor Filevine and now operates as Depositions by Filevine — testimony capture folding into the case file, the same absorption pattern CLM went through a year earlier.
FairNow → AuditBoard (October 2025). AI governance startup FairNow was acquired by GRC platform AuditBoard, an early sign that the AI governance category consolidates into the audit-and-compliance suites rather than standing alone.
vLex → Clio (announced June 2025, closed November 2025). The largest deal in legal tech to date: practice management leader Clio acquired legal research platform vLex for US$1 billion, closing alongside a US$500 million Series G. It puts research and the system a firm runs on under one roof, and it means the Vincent AI assistant and the Fastcase library now sit inside Clio's stack. Clio's own in-product assistant is listed separately as Clio (Manage AI).
Harvey + Hexus (January 2026). Harvey is on the other side of the table — the buyer. It acquired workflow startup Hexus in January 2026 as it expands from AI assistant toward a broader platform with agents built for specific practice areas. Expect more of this: the well-funded platforms are assembling, not just growing.
Gavel → Relativity (June 2026). Gavel — document automation via Gavel Workflows plus the Gavel Exec contract review add-in — was acquired by e-discovery heavyweight Relativity and continues to operate under its own name. Notable because Gavel is one of the few tools in the space with published pricing and a real free tier, which we hope survives the new ownership; it's a cornerstone of our free and low-cost tools list. Relativity's own AI lineup, the aiR product family, is listed separately in the directory.
Wexler → Legora (July 2026). The most recent verified move, and a sign that the consolidation now runs in both directions. Legora, itself a rebrand (see below), acquired London-based fact intelligence platform Wexler in what it described as its fifth acquisition of 2026. Wexler's work is disputes-side: pulling every material fact out of an evidence set, tracing each to its source, and flagging contradictions. Buying it moves Legora from drafting and research into litigation.
Rebrands
Leya → Legora (2025). The Stockholm-founded collaborative legal AI workspace renamed itself Legora. Same product line — agentic research, tabular review, Word add-in. If you find pre-2025 coverage of "Leya," it's Legora.
Latch → Ivo. The in-house contract review tool formerly known as Latch is now Ivo — playbook redlining, contract-relationship mapping, and cross-agreement Q&A in Word and Google Docs.
Callidus → StrongSuit. Litigation platform Callidus Legal AI rebranded to StrongSuit after raising a $10M Series A in 2025. Citation-linked brief drafting, discovery chronologies, and research over a proprietary database of 10M+ US cases.
Clio Duo → Manage AI. Not a company rebrand but a product one, and it trips people up constantly: Clio's built-in AI assistant, formerly Clio Duo, is now Manage AI inside Clio Manage. Same platform — Clio states it serves 400,000+ legal professionals. Listed as Clio (Manage AI).
SoloSuit → Solo (December 2024). The consumer debt-lawsuit service rebranded to Solo, with SoloSuit and SoloSettle kept as sub-brands underneath it. The old name still carries most of the search traffic, so plenty of guides send people to a brand that is now one product inside a larger one. Listed as Solo.
ContractPodAi → Leah (January 2026). The CLM vendor renamed itself Leah, positioning around agentic workflows spanning legal, procurement, and finance rather than contract lifecycle management alone. Almost every review and comparison of this product predates the change and is filed under ContractPodAi. Listed as Leah.
Pocketlaw → Miramis. The Stockholm-based contract platform now trades as Miramis Technologies. Its earlier positioning was self-service legal templates for small businesses, and the company pivoted to AI-driven contract management before the name change, so old reviews describe a meaningfully different product, not just a different name. Listed as Miramis.
Quick reference
| Was | Now | Type | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casetext | Thomson Reuters (CoCounsel) | Acquisition | 2023 |
| Kira | Litera | Acquisition | — |
| Lexion | Docusign | Acquisition | May 2024 |
| Evisort | Workday | Acquisition | Oct 2024 |
| SmartDepo | Rev | Acquisition | Mar 2025 |
| Parrot | Filevine | Acquisition | Apr 2025 |
| FairNow | AuditBoard | Acquisition | Oct 2025 |
| vLex | Clio | Acquisition | Nov 2025 |
| Hexus | Harvey | Acquisition | Jan 2026 |
| Gavel | Relativity | Acquisition | Jun 2026 |
| Wexler | Legora | Acquisition | Jul 2026 |
| SoloSuit | Solo | Rebrand | Dec 2024 |
| Leya | Legora | Rebrand | 2025 |
| ContractPodAi | Leah | Rebrand | Jan 2026 |
| Latch | Ivo | Rebrand | — |
| Callidus Legal AI | StrongSuit | Rebrand | — |
| Pocketlaw | Miramis | Rebrand | — |
| Clio Duo | Manage AI | Product rebrand | — |
Where a date column shows "—", we've verified the move itself but not a specific month, and we'd rather leave a blank than invent one.
What this means if you're buying
Three habits worth adopting from this list:
- Search the old names too. Reviews, benchmarks, and forum threads about Leya, Latch, Callidus, ContractPodAi, Pocketlaw, SoloSuit, or Clio Duo are still relevant — they're just filed under retired names.
- Ask the ownership question in procurement. Who owns this product, what did they buy it for, and what happens to your data and your contract terms if it's acquired mid-term? The pattern above says "if" is really "when."
- Prefer directories that track this. A tools list written once and never maintained starts lying within months in this market. Keeping listings current through exactly these changes is the core promise of this directory — it's why every tool page carries a verified-active note and a correction contact.
For the full landscape as it stands today, see every platform compared by category.