Kirkland & Ellis bets $500M it can build better AI than it can buy

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" class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:646px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/e58e2ffd-6b48-4db8-a3a3-55cab5cb7b1d/Newsletter_Image__62___1_.png?t=1780256473" alt="" height="auto" width="646" style="display:block;width:100%;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;border-color:#E5E7EB;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Kirkland & Ellis, the highest-grossing law firm in the world, <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">is </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="link" href="https://www.ft.com/content/1825bb59-7b28-460d-b009-ee3cea5dbac3?syn-25a6b1a6=1&utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=16c8d60561162e224f761ff713f98b704902d64b" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>reportedly</span></a></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> spending $500 million over the next three to four years to build its own AI platform. Not buy one. Build one.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>The details:</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> The platform is being built with input from roughly 250 Kirkland lawyers, including 100 partners, to capture the firm’s “collective intelligence.” </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Outside companies are involved, but they cannot resell the tech to rivals. Kirkland owns all of it. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> That is the opposite of <a class="link" href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423837690/en/Freshfields-and-Anthropic-Team-Up-to-Co-Build-AI-Legal-Workflows-Deploying-Claude-Across-the-Firm-Globally?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=f6c427c82f26d1c400af929fed57f150103fdd5f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Freshfields’ Anthropic deal</span></a>, where the vendor can reuse what both sides create together. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Job postings suggest a serious infrastructure buildout, with <a class="link" href="https://staffjobsus.kirkland.com/jobs/17785540-ai-infrastructure-director?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=7a7f83579d2101e4478745710af0e04a0141e992" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>roles</span></a> touching GPUs and Azure-based AI. </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>Why it matters:</b> For elite firms, <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">the problem with off-the-shelf AI is that </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>anyone</i></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> can buy it. Kirkland is leaning into its $10B revenue advantage to run a play that 90% of firms can’t afford: building an industrial-grade AI layer that belongs to Kirkland alone. If it works, the company gets a system that its rivals can’t license</span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">If it fails, it’ll be a $500M reminder that not every law firm should try to become a software company.</span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#030712" style="background-color:#030712;border-color:#111111;border-radius:10px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:8.0px 8.0px 8.0px 8.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:center;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;"><i><b>Draft and review contracts 10x faster. Get a 7-day Spellbook trial </b></i></span><span style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><i><b><a class="link" href="https://www.spellbook.legal/newsletter-spellbook-reviews-lander?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=8685cffe378113836f5c5f2053c4041f075e6e02" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration-color: #fc1919;"><span style="color: #fc1919;">here</span></a></b></i></span></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#C0C0C0;border-style:solid;border-width:0.75px;padding:12.0px 12.0px 12.0px 12.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(252, 25, 25);font-size:13px;"><b>FOR REVIEW</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:700;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#111111;font-weight:700;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Other stories</b></span></h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=a1fc31b37ac56093e1cfd59e7bab005c696c85db" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Anthropic releases</span></a> Opus 4.8, its most "honest” model yet—lawyers, take note. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7465377507584700417/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=1bbf1a14b105de5b69898f657534f942da26bb31" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Spellbook hires</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> ex-Shopify CTO Jean-Michel Lemieux for a new AI-native exec role.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://legalquants.substack.com/p/noroboto-and-the-pdf-that-lied-twice?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=41f827c93b4e689d545babb417169591c7359d62" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>LQ warns</span></a> of new poisoned PDF attack—your contract shows $1.4M, your AI sees "$400." </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="link" href="https://www.semafor.com/article/05/27/2026/uc-berkley-bans-ai-use-for-law-students?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=366c51bc3d49fcd9a848b4a6fc2d0b467759b8e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>UC Berkeley bans</span></a></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> students from using AI, even for brainstorming and grammar fixes. </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://www.lawnext.com/2026/05/florida-supreme-court-tackles-ai-hallucinations-with-new-rule.html?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=48e8c9049548122b5ed2331ad3b940f36745c9e0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Florida court orders</span></a> lawyers to certify that their citations are real—or face sanctions </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/how-vcs-and-founders-use-inflated-arr-to-kingmake-ai-startups/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=976dd8957839aa8195bf89d947934b980ea91904" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>TechCrunch investigates</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Scott Stevenson's viral claim that AI startups are inflating ARR.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="link" href="https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/cnn-sues-perplexity-alleging-copyright-infringement-1236760987/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=5fde26136e2557b42d7620519301a6f7c039db68" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>CNN sues Perplexity</span></a></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> over “verbatim” copycat articles and mass content scraping. </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://www.nonbillable.co.uk/news/law-firms-asked-to-show-ai-use-kpmg-survey?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=bf82e1f897188050cde49065150e49c340ffd990" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>KPMG finds</span></a> 82% of general counsel now want outside firms to show their AI workings. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#C0C0C0;border-style:solid;border-width:0.75px;padding:12.0px 12.0px 12.0px 12.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(252, 25, 25);font-size:13px;"><b>CAREER MOVES</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:700;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#111111;font-weight:700;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, "Helvetica Neue", 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href="https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4694459005?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=2898ec33d720e09d371b711c965ba43b2cbfc0f6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>General Counsel</span></a> @ Scale AI </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://staffjobsus.kirkland.com/jobs/17645254-ai-innovation-advisor?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=689eb05b10f04a6dc07b29ea8a6eeb736dd261c3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>AI Innovation Advisor</span></a> @ Kirkland & Ellis </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#C0C0C0;border-style:solid;border-width:0.75px;padding:12.0px 12.0px 12.0px 12.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:#fc1919;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;font-weight:700;"><b>TOOLKIT</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:700;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#111111;font-weight:700;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>How to create a contract playbook with AI (in 2.5 mins or less)</b></h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:646px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/ee3ab275-c736-4e53-a6bd-75b5c127b6f6/26_-__1280x720__v3_-_2__1___2_.jpg?t=1780255990" alt="" height="auto" width="646" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In this video, Amy Grubb shows you how to turn a SaaS agreement into a full playbook using AI in 2.5 minutes, without leaving Word. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu4xPRgtRsQ&utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet&_bhlid=64849ecb7648b0a96eb33cc7c61b856353da48d4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Watch Now</span></a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 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