Thomson Reuters names Skadden its first strategic AI design partner, to build firm-controlled applications on Thomson LLM behind the firm's firewall

Scale: Commercial terms not disclosed; TR has not quantified the revenue opportunity
Vendors: Thomson Reuters
Significance: High
Confidence: Confirmed

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is building AI capability with partners, with Thomson Reuters in the stack. This is a high-significance signal for buyers benchmarking their panel.

On its Q3 call, Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker announced a strategic AI design partnership with Skadden to develop applications the firm controls on Thomson LLM, TR's in-house legal model. Hasker described it as a path to 'sovereign AI solutions': a version of the Thomson model family behind a firm's firewall, with applications built by practice and jurisdiction. He said Skadden is first and that the licensing opportunity could extend to other large firms.

""It will be the first of many." Steve Hasker, CEO, Thomson Reuters, on large US law firms (Reuters interview)"

Scale / Terms: Commercial terms not disclosed; TR has not quantified the revenue opportunity
Significance: High
Source type: Filing / Report

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