Sullivan & Cromwell Invests in LAER AI, Deploys AIDA for Document Review
- Scale
- Minority investment in LAER AI; dollar amount not disclosed
- Significance
- High
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Sullivan & Cromwell is putting capital behind AI. This is a high-significance signal for buyers benchmarking their panel.
Sullivan & Cromwell made a minority investment in LAER AI, a legal AI startup incubated in S&C's New York offices by Cornell/CMU researchers, an initiative led by Senior Chair Joe Shenker. The resulting product, AIDA (AI Discovery Assistant), performs first-level document review, was trained on dozens of past S&C cases, and was deployed on live matters as of August 2023, reportedly speeding up discovery significantly. LAER AI was later acquired by Epiq in 2024.
- Scale / Terms
- Minority investment in LAER AI; dollar amount not disclosed
- Significance
- High
- Source type
- Firm Press Release
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