Vendor intelligence
OpenAI
Adoption position
18
of 69 active vendors
Law firms
1
with published evidence
Evidence records
3
tracked public moves
Recent signal
3
Rising · last 6 months
Panorama read
OpenAI shows rising visible market activity and emerging adoption evidence across 1 firm. The strongest tracked signal is other, with activity distributed across its observed firm base.
Analysis reflects published evidence tracked by TVPi, not unobserved usage, product quality, or a recommendation.
Market intelligence
Momentum and adoption pattern
Signals calculated from published moves naming this vendor.
Adoption activity by quarter
Observed move mix
- Other33%
- Partnership33%
- Outside Counsel Requirement33%
Adoption breadth
67%
Evidence beyond the most active adopting firm. A higher share indicates broader observed adoption.
Recent momentum
0
Previous 6 months
3
Latest 6 months
Adoption evidence
Law firms in the evidence
Leading firms by published record count, with the complete market record available below.
1 firms · 3 records
Evidence ledger
Every published record naming OpenAI, newest first.
- OtherOct 15, 2026Observed
OpenAI introduces Astra for Law, a legal-specific AI foundation for law firms and legal tech vendors, with 26 partner plugins
Sullivan & Cromwell
OpenAI introduced Astra for Law, pairing GPT-6 Astra with settings, tools and context tuned for professional legal work. API customers including Harvey and Legora will be able to build on it. It is offered first to select firms through Trusted Access in ChatGPT and Codex, with API access coming; 26 partner-built plugins include iManage, Intapp, DeepJudge and Thomson Reuters (HighQ, with a CoCounsel Legal connector previewed). The post names firm work with Sullivan & Cromwell (agreement analyser), Ropes & Gray (diligence verification) and Wachtell.
Vendor Announcement · Confirmed confidence
- PartnershipOct 14, 2026Observed
Thomson Reuters brings next-gen CoCounsel Legal to Australia and Singapore, adds multinational research and ChatGPT Enterprise access via HighQ MCP
Thomson Reuters launched a Multinational Profile for CoCounsel Legal covering 100+ jurisdictions, announced Australia (late October) and Singapore availability, and made HighQ reachable from ChatGPT Enterprise via MCP, previewing CoCounsel Legal inside ChatGPT.
Vendor Announcement · Confirmed confidence
- Outside Counsel RequirementOct 8, 2026Observed
AT&T taps OpenAI for LegalEdge in-house legal team and plans to cut outside firm roster to 18-20, favoring firms that use AI
AT&T is deploying OpenAI chatbots and agents in LegalEdge, its roughly 38-person in-house practice, to make a century of legal history searchable. GC David McAtee said AT&T plans to reduce its national outside firms from about 30 to 18-20 over two years and reward firms that adopt AI in their own practices. Follows LegalEdge launch logged May 2026.
Trade Press · Reported confidence
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