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Alnylam and Inceptive ink $2B AI drug discovery deal
Pharma giant Alnylam partners with AI biotech Inceptive in a $2 billion agreement to discover and develop new drugs using machine learning. What the deal reveals about AI's foothold in clinical pipelines.
AI Demand Reshuffles Treasury Debt Market Pricing
Bank demand for US government bonds is shifting as AI infrastructure spending drains capital from traditional fixed-income bidders. Traders say the repricing could affect borrowing costs across the economy.
Alphabet raises $84.75B to fund AI, largest equity offering in company history
Google parent Alphabet upsized its equity offering to $84.75 billion, marking the company's largest capital raise on record. The funds will support AI infrastructure and research ambitions.
Harbor buys CE Global Partners to add payroll ops to legal HCM push
Harbor acquired Cheshire-based CE Global Partners, a 35-person HR and payroll firm, weeks after launching its HCM advisory practice. The move lets the consultancy cover strategy through operations for law firms modernizing workforce systems.
Wordsmith AI raises $70M Series B, bets in-house legal teams are the real buyer
Edinburgh legal AI startup Wordsmith closes $70M Series B led by Highland Europe and Index Ventures. The company targets corporate legal departments, not law firms, automating intake, triage and contract review. Here's why that shift matters.
iTrain names Sarah Blair to lead AI adoption in UK law firms
Sarah Blair, former chief transformation officer at Thorntons Law, joins iTrain to help law firms move past tool licensing to sustained AI use across teams.
Your Legal AI Bill Is About to Jump: Here's Why
Token costs for frontier models are rising fast as law firms scale agentic work. OpenAI and Anthropic now control pricing. Here's how firms and vendors plan to cut the bill.
Wordsmith AI Raises $70M Series B for In-House Legal Work
Wordsmith AI closed a $70M Series B led by Highland Europe and Index Ventures. The legal AI platform processes routine requests through agents while lawyers approve judgment calls. Over 500 customers already live.
LawGeex Founder Cuts Contract Review to $117, 24 Hours with Utah Law Firm
Noory Bechor has launched Superlegal, an AI-first law firm licensed in Utah that reviews commercial contracts for $117 each in under 24 hours. A construction client reports 90% cost savings versus traditional counsel.
6,200 deals reveal where transaction work really happens
Analysis of 6,200 transactions across law firms shows most deal work occurs weeks before signing, not at closing. Firms organizing around pre-execution structure see faster closings and better client visibility.
Law firm AI costs will triple in 3 years, study estimates
Token costs for frontier models will surge as lawyers move from learner-driver usage to power-user workflows. Law firm CFOs need to budget now for the hidden bill.
Ingenix raises €13M to scale drug-development AI architecture
Biotech startup Ingenix secured €13 million from Sofinnova Partners to expand Modality Fusion, its architecture for accelerating drug discovery. The funding signals investor confidence in fusion-based approaches to computational drug development.