Among Legal Tech’s Top Six, Eudia Bets on Humans as Its Biggest Advantage
Eudia provides AI-driven solutions tailored for legal departments, enhancing efficiency and security through advanced automation and data analysis tools.
Eudia, the youngest company on the Financial Times’ list of six legal tech pacesetters, is also the boldest in its approach: it’s betting that human lawyers still matter. While others rush to automate, Eudia is building what it calls a “platform-plus-services” model—where AI does the heavy lifting, but a team of 300+ legal professionals ensures precision.
Founded in 2023 by Omar Haroun, David Van Reyk, and Ashish Agrawal, Eudia made headlines this July when it acquired Dublin-based legal services firm Johnson Hana. That acquisition gave Eudia a bench of legal experts already working with companies like OpenAI and Stripe. Haroun has said that Johnson Hana’s team brings “institutional knowledge” that meshes with Eudia’s AI tools rather than being displaced by them.
Eudia already counts clients like Duracell and Cargill, and Haroun is clear about the mission: “In domains where humans are doing things manually, the accuracy needs to be 100 percent—and therefore AI out of the box will never actually work [without human involvement].”
The Bigger Picture: Who’s Pushing Legal Tech Forward
Eudia’s inclusion alongside more established players shows just how quickly the legal tech space is evolving.
The other companies on the FT list offer a range of strategies:
Clio (founded in 2008, $300M ARR): Recently agreed to acquire vLex for $1B to bring a billion-document legal archive and AI functionality into its client and case management platform.
Harvey (2022, $100M ARR): Valued at $5B and backed by Sequoia and OpenAI, Harvey is used by 500+ legal departments in over 50 countries to speed up research, drafting, and document analysis.
LegalOn (2017, ARR not disclosed): A Japan-based contract review giant serving 7,000+ clients, now expanding globally and building AI agents for legal workflows.
Legora (2023, ARR not disclosed): A fast-growing Swedish startup valued at $675M, aiming to make its platform compatible with both humans and AI agents.
Workday (Evisort) (2005, $2.3B in total revenue): Workday’s 2024 acquisition of Evisort gives it an edge in document and contract automation, especially for enterprise customers managing tens of thousands of legal files.
As generative AI reshapes legal workflows, these six companies offer different visions of what’s next. But Eudia’s blend of people and technology stands out—for now, at least—as a uniquely human approach to the future of legal AI.
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