Troutman Pepper Locke Integrates Thomson Reuters Deep Research into Proprietary AI Agent Athena
- Significance
- High
- Confidence
- Confirmed
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Troutman Pepper has moved past pilots into deployment. This is a high-significance signal for buyers benchmarking their panel.
The firm announced what it calls the industry's first integration of Thomson Reuters' agentic Deep Research tool directly into its proprietary AI agent Athena, giving attorneys Westlaw/Practical Law-grounded agentic research inside the firm's own secure environment. Quoted: Firm Chair Tom Cole and Will Gaus.
- Significance
- High
- Source type
- Firm Press Release
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