InvestmentMarch 17, 2025· Confirmed
Cleary Gottlieb acquires Springbok AI to build in-house AI acceleration capability
- Scale
- Acquisition of AI company; 10 engineers + CEO joined (price undisclosed)
- Significance
- High
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is putting capital behind AI. This is a high-significance signal for buyers benchmarking their panel.
Cleary Gottlieb acquired Springbok AI, a London-founded generative AI product development boutique (est. 2017). Springbok's platform SpringLaw is an LLM-agnostic no-code solution for building legal AI toolkits. CEO Victoria Albrecht and 10 data scientists/AI engineers joined as Cleary's new AI Acceleration team. Springbok had previously built tools for Dentons and Hogan Lovells.
""Victoria Albrecht and 10 data scientists/AI engineers joined as Cleary's new AI Acceleration team. Springbok had previously built tools for Dentons and Hogan Lovells." — Cleary Gottlieb announcement"
- Scale / Terms
- Acquisition of AI company; 10 engineers + CEO joined (price undisclosed)
- Significance
- High
- Source type
- Firm Press Release
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