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RecordWhat it isPlaceLinksConfidence
Alchemy Machines (Thank Intelligence)CompaniesPlatform that transcribes, analyses and summarises legal meetings; Innovate UK Next Generation Services project.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-geone source
AnkarCompaniesAI platform that supports the whole patent process, from prior-art search and novelty analysis to drafting applications.London (E1W 9US )Companies House · uktech.news/ai/ankar-funding-patent-20251217 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
AntidoteCompaniesChecks law firms' time entries against clients' billing rules and suggests compliant rewrites before the bill goes out.Londonuktech.news/legal/antidote-ai-legal-tech-4m-seedone source
AyoraCompaniesLondon start-up whose AI models, trained on legal matter data, advise lawyers on scope, billing and debtors; MDR LAB alumnus with a Mishcon deal.Londonmishcon.com/news/mishcon-de-reya-agrees-commerci · mishcon.com/news/three-startups-join-summer-mdr-one source
Cognitiv+CompaniesSoftware that automatically reviews legal documents and extracts key information; LawtechUK Sandbox cohort 3.England: Londonlawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source
ContractPodAiCompaniesAI-powered contract lifecycle management software that generates, stores and reviews contracts for in-house legal teams.London (office; headquarters not stated)uktech.news/news/contractpodai-secures-55m-serie · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.one source
DefinelyCompaniesAdd-ins for Microsoft Word that help lawyers read, check and draft long contracts, using AI to surface related information.Londontech.eu/2025/06/09/uk-legaltech-definely-secures · uktech.news/legal/definely-raises-30m-in-series- · tech.eu/2024/05/08/legaltech-definely-secures-7m · aoshearman.com/en/news/meet-the-next-big-thing-fone source
Eigen TechnologiesCompaniesMade software that pulls answers out of contracts and other documents for banks and other large firms; its business was bought by Sirion in 2024. acquiredLondon (WC2N 6NJ)Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · legaltechmonitor.com/2024/06/sirionlabs-acquiresverified
FinLegalCompaniesSoftware that helps law firms run class actions and large volumes of similar claims, using automation and AI to cut costs.Sheffielduktech.news/tech-hubs/yorkshire-humber/npif-ii-sone source
Garfield.LawCompaniesAn AI-run law firm, regulated by the SRA, that takes small businesses through debt recovery and small-claims cases.Royal Tunbridge Wells (TN1 1XP)Companies House · solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/sra-approves-fir · lawgazette.co.uk/news-focus/in-depth-worlds-firs · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
Genie AICompaniesAn online contract editor that uses AI to draft, review and compare legal agreements (per earlier research; not re-verified).London (SE1 6FP)Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-ge · lawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source
JigsawCompaniesSoftware that automatically draws diagrams of complex business deals, such as corporate structures and organisation charts.Londonuktech.news/ai/jigsaw-ai-funding-20240430 · aoshearman.com/en/news/ao-shearman-announces-larone source
Just:AccessCompaniesA Leeds legal technology company that has built an AI transcription tool for law firms.Leedsuktech.news/legal/leeds-legal-tech-sector-202310 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.one source
LawhiveCompaniesRuns an AI-supported consumer law firm and marketplace, with AI handling routine casework for its solicitors in the UK and US.London (EC2V 6DN)Companies House · businesscloud.co.uk/news/lawhive-raises-44m-afte · uktech.news/ai/lawhive-ai-lawyer-funding-2024041 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
Lawtech 365CompaniesSpeeds law-firm client onboarding with AI biometric identity checks; LawtechUK Sandbox cohort 3 (listed as Midlands).lawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source
LegalBeaglesCompaniesConsumer legal help forum that built "Lexie", an AI chatbot answering legal questions, with Innovate UK Next Generation Services funding.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-geone source
LegatecaCompaniesCaptures legal cases automatically for free and gives low-cost AI-based recommendations; LawtechUK Sandbox cohort 3.England: South Eastlawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source
LegaticsCompaniesTransaction management platform for lawyers; Next Generation Services project built AI microservices for it.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-geone source
LexverifyCompaniesBirmingham company with an AI legal assistant that flags regulatory and cyber risks in documents.Birminghamuktech.news/tech-report-ai-in-the-west-midlands-one source
LiVCompaniesOnline legal platform that uses blockchain and AI to help individuals; LawtechUK Sandbox cohort 3.England: Londonlawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source
LuminanceCompaniesSells AI software that drafts, negotiates and reviews legal contracts for in-house legal teams and law firms.Cambridge (CB1 2JD)Companies House · uktech.news/funding/vc-funding/billionaire-steve · uktech.news/ai/luminance-legal-ai-funding-202404 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
OrbitalCompaniesAI software for property lawyers that reads title records, deeds and maps and automates legal checks in real-estate deals.London and New Yorkbpc.com/insights/orbital-raises-60m-series-b-to- · tech.eu/2026/01/26/orbital-raises-60m-series-b-t · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-geverified
RegGenome (Regulatory Genome Development Ltd)CompaniesCambridge University spin-out that uses machine learning to turn regulations into structured, machine-readable data.Cambridge (registered office) (CB1 1AH)Companies House · uktech.news/ai/reggenome-funding-data-platform-2 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
Robin AICompaniesMade an AI assistant that drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts inside Microsoft Word; its business has been broken up since late 2025.London (WC1A 1HH)Companies House · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · legaltechnology.com/2025/12/10/scisseros-acquisi · legaltechnology.com/2026/01/12/microsoft-hires-rverified
Safe Sign TechnologiesCompanies · also on LabsCambridge start-up that trained AI language models to give legal advice; bought by Thomson Reuters in 2024. dissolved
Profile
Owner or parent
Thomson Reuters (acquired Aug 2024; terms undisclosed)
Founded or opened
2022
Lab director or lead
Not stated (now part of Thomson Reuters)
Other leaders
Alexander Kardos-Nyheim — co-founder; Dr Jonathan Schwarz — co-founder (now Head of AI Research, Thomson Reuters)
Headcount
"15-person startup" when acquired — per Thomson Reuters, Dec 2025 (single source)
What it does
A London start-up that trained large language models for legal work, with a team "drawn from Cambridge, DeepMind, Harvard and MIT". Thomson Reuters bought it in August 2024 to support its CoCounsel assistant. Its team became the core of TR Labs' Foundational Research group, which later built Thomson Reuters' own model, Thomson.
Research groups or focus
legal-domain large language models
Notable outputs
Safe Sign's legal LLMs (unnamed); successor: Thomson model — Jul 2026 (see BIZ-LAB-6004)
Funding or budget as published
Not stated (investors not stated)
Status now
Acquired; the team works as TR Labs Foundational Research inside Thomson Reuters.

Labs Round 8 deep profile (31 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; confidence: verified (acquisition: UKTN and Thomson Reuters); founding year one source (UKTN).

Sources

  1. uktech.news/ai/thomson-reuters-acquires-uk-ai-st
  2. thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/innovation/from-s
CambridgeCompanies House · uktech.news/ai/thomson-reuters-acquires-uk-ai-st · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/innovation/from-sverified
ScisseroCompaniesA London AI contract business that combines its own contract software with lawyers who handle contract work for clients.LondonCompanies House · legaltechnology.com/2025/12/10/scisseros-acquisi · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
SimSageCompaniesAI search platform that cuts time spent searching for information; LawtechUK Sandbox cohort 3.England: East of Englandlawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source
SolomonicCompaniesLitigation analytics: machine-learning algorithms analyse thousands of court cases to support dispute decisions; Next Generation Services project.England: Londonukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-ge · mishcon.com/news/mishcon-de-reya-announces-mdr-lone source
SummizeCompaniesContract software that brings contract review and AI contracting into Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Salesforce for in-house legal teams.ManchesterCompanies House · uktech.news/legal/legal-tech-group-summize-acqui · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
ThoughtRiverCompaniesCambridge software that reads and pre-screens contracts automatically for lawyers.Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire (CB25 9PD)Companies House · uktech.news/tag/thoughtriver · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
TransparentlyCompaniesUses AI to help identify coercive and controlling behaviour in communications, for legal and support use; Next Generation Services project.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-geone source
TrialViewCompaniesLitigation software that uses AI to scan case documents and help legal teams find, organise and present evidence.Londonuktech.news/legal/trialview-secures-3m-investmenone source
WordsmithCompaniesSoftware for in-house legal teams that uses AI to take in, sort and answer the legal questions a business sends them by email or chat.EdinburghCompanies House · uktech.news/legal/wordsmith-secures-over-52m-to- · uktech.news/legal/legal-ai-group-wordsmith-exten · digit.fyi/digit-deal-roundup-june-2026/ · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.verified
XLawCompaniesAI litigation platform for litigation funders, law firms and legal insurers; LawtechUK Sandbox cohort 3.England: Londonlawtechuk.io/news/sandbox-3-companies-announcedone source

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