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Reed Smith
Reed Smith: 11 tracked AI moves since 2023 across agentic & workflow, training & talent and GenAI Assistant.
Activity Index
40
Rising
Market rank
38
of 239 tracked firms
- Tracked since
- 2023
- Evidence records
- 11
- Capability areas
- 10
- Latest activity
- Sep 2026
Panorama read
Reed Smith shows rising visible AI activity, with the strongest recorded concentration in agentic & workflow. No named technology relationship is yet established in the tracked evidence.
Analysis based only on published evidence tracked by TVPi; it is not a claim about unobserved firm activity.
Capability intelligence
Tracked capabilities and adoption
Areas inferred from public moves, with recency and supporting evidence visible at a glance.
Agentic & Workflow
4 movesReed Smith partners with Lineal to advance AI-enabled investigations beyond traditional EDRM
GenAI Assistant
3 movesReed Smith Achieves 100% Mandatory Harvey AI Certification for Associates
eDiscovery & Litigation
2 movesReed Smith partners with Lineal to advance AI-enabled investigations beyond traditional EDRM
Infrastructure & Platform
2 movesReed Smith Launches Reed Smith Legal Solutions, Folding Gravity Stack into AI/Innovation Lab
Compliance & Regulatory
1 moveReed Smith partners with Lineal to advance AI-enabled investigations beyond traditional EDRM
Due Diligence
1 moveReed Smith Legal Solutions launches Aquarius platform for EU crypto-asset compliance
Contract Review & Drafting
1 moveReed Smith Legal Solutions launches Aquarius platform for EU crypto-asset compliance
Activity intelligence
Momentum and strategy mix
Activity by quarter
Strategy move mix
- Partnership50%
- Key Hire17%
- Pilot / Trial17%
- Product Adoption17%
Outcome evidence
Proof points and verified case studies
“AI and advanced data analytics have the potential to fundamentally improve that process. By allowing investigation teams to identify connections across much larger and more complex data sets, we can get to critical facts faster." — Anthony Diana, Partner, Reed Smith Emerging Technologies Group”
“Our clients are navigating one of the most significant technological shifts in a generation, and they need trusted advisers who understand AI at the highest level." — Casey Ryan, Global Managing Partner, Reed Smith”
Evidence ledger
Tracked activity
Every published record for this firm, newest first.
- PartnershipSep 12, 2026Observed
Reed Smith partners with Lineal to advance AI-enabled investigations beyond traditional EDRM
Reed Smith Legal Solutions partnered with legal technology company Lineal to shift internal and regulatory investigations from the traditional document-centric EDRM model to a data-centric approach using generative AI and advanced data analytics to surface facts, relationships, and patterns across large enterprise datasets faster.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- PartnershipAug 24, 2026Observed
Reed Smith Legal Solutions Partners with Lineal on AI-Enabled Investigations
Reed Smith Legal Solutions announced a strategic collaboration with legal-technology company Lineal to develop AI-powered investigation capabilities combining generative AI and advanced data analytics for large-scale enterprise data investigations.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- Internal BuildJul 13, 2026Observed
Reed Smith Legal Solutions launches Aquarius platform for EU crypto-asset compliance
Reed Smith Legal Solutions — the firm's consolidated alternative legal services division spanning consulting, investigations, litigation, regulatory compliance, transactional work, and contract lifecycle services — launched Aquarius, a platform helping crypto-asset issuers comply with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Aquarius automates portions of the compliance process, including categorizing crypto-assets, generating white papers, and running due diligence, while routing bespoke needs to Reed Smith lawyers for formal legal opinions. The firm plans to extend Aquarius's logic to crypto-asset regimes in other jurisdictions, including the UK, UAE, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- Internal BuildJul 10, 2026Observed
Reed Smith creates dedicated AI-focused legal services team
Reed Smith formed a new internal AI and e-discovery department on July 10, 2026, uniting practicing lawyers, e-discovery specialists, and AI professionals to deliver "legal, business and technology-focused guidance" to both clients and internal operations. The structure signals a move toward embedding AI capabilities directly within core practice areas — covering contract analysis, document review, privilege logs, due diligence, and litigation support — rather than relying on external vendors or standalone innovation labs. The firm has not released staffing numbers or leadership appointments. Follows the firm's Cornell Tech AI Leadership Program launch (Jun 29).
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- Legal Ops TransformationJul 9, 2026Observed
Reed Smith Launches Reed Smith Legal Solutions, Folding Gravity Stack into AI/Innovation Lab
Reed Smith formally launched Reed Smith Legal Solutions, a unified business unit combining Staff Attorneys, RED (e-discovery), Leeds Global Solutions, and Gravity Stack (200+ professionals) under chair Lee Zoeller; Gravity Stack became the firm's dedicated AI and innovation lab.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- Training & TalentJun 29, 2026Observed
Reed Smith Launches AI Leadership Program with Cornell University
Reed Smith partnered with Cornell University's Executive Education unit to create a customized AI Leadership Program for partners covering AI strategy, ethics, and governance, developed with Cornell Tech's Matthew D'Amore.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
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- PartnershipJun 29, 2026Observed
Reed Smith launches AI Leadership Program with Cornell Tech for partners
Reed Smith partnered with Cornell University's Executive Education unit to launch the Reed Smith Artificial Intelligence Leadership Program, a workshop series for the firm's partners to be held in September at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. Led by Cornell faculty including Matthew D'Amore, Nate Schorr, and Karan Girotra, the program covers responsible AI adoption, technical fluency, and AI-related operational strategy, and is also intended to strengthen the firm's ability to advise clients on AI implementation.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- Product AdoptionMay 1, 2026Observed
Reed Smith Achieves 100% Mandatory Harvey AI Certification for Associates
Reed Smith moved from isolated Harvey pilots to a mandatory, global rollout across ~1,800 lawyers in 34 offices; Global Managing Partner Casey Ryan set a 100% AI-certification requirement for all associates, with 700 daily/1,100 weekly/1,400 monthly Harvey users reported.
Vendor Announcement · Confirmed confidence
- Key HireMay 7, 2024Observed
Reed Smith Hires Richard Robbins as First Director of Applied AI
Reed Smith hired Richard Robbins, formerly managing director of applied AI at Epiq, as its first Director of Applied AI, leading GenAI, predictive AI, and data science across the firm's Innovation Lab and Gravity Stack units, reporting to CINO David Cunningham.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- Pilot / TrialMay 1, 2024Observed
Reed Smith Alpha Tests Harvey with 130 Users, Pilots Microsoft Copilot and Litera
Reed Smith was alpha testing Harvey with 130 users for research and document summarization, alongside pilots of Microsoft Copilot and a new Litera product, as part of at least eight active generative AI projects per CINO David Cunningham.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- Pilot / TrialApr 1, 2023Observed
Reed Smith CINO Announces Director of Applied AI Role and GenAI Pilot Program
Reed Smith CINO David Cunningham announced plans for a new Director of Applied AI role and pilot GenAI projects exploring proprietary LLMs and OpenAI's GPT models across practice areas -- the firm's earliest public GenAI strategy disclosure.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
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