The Augmented Intelligence Era: Unlocking Unlimited Potential for the Future of Legal Work with Eudia
Over the past decade, I have had the privilege of working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the legal profession, collaborating with over one hundred Chief Legal Officers and Fortune 500 legal departments. Throughout this period, I have witnessed the industry brace for what has long been anticipated as an existential transformation.
That inflection point has now arrived.
Chief Legal Officers navigate an inherent paradox: the imperative to operate at the speed of the business while ensuring the enterprise remains protected. Move too slowly, and legal becomes a bottleneck to growth; allow too much risk, and the organization is left exposed.
Over the last decade, an explosion of legal technology emerged to address this tension. Yet, despite significant investment and effort, these software solutions have failed to deliver the promised impact—leaving many Chief Legal Officers disappointed and hesitant to embrace further technological change.
As a result, we are now witnessing the end of the traditional software era.
The upshot is rapid advancements in generative AI and the emergence of AI agents have now expanded the scope of what is possible, offering even the most risk-averse legal departments unprecedented capabilities. For the first time, technology may not only streamline legal operations but also empower legal teams to fully realize their strategic potential.
While the prospect of full legal automation is compelling in theory, the reality is that legal professionals require 100% accuracy—an expectation that current generative AI struggles to meet. Today’s AI landscape is fraught with risks, including hallucinations, privacy vulnerabilities, security concerns, and intellectual property challenges. The true opportunity in this new era is to reimagine entire legal workflows across human capital and technology from first principles thinking, with the goal of realizing business impact.
The Augmented Intelligence Era
The more effective path forward for in-house legal teams is not the wholesale replacement of legal expertise but the strategic augmentation of human judgment through intelligence-driven tools. By viewing AI not as a substitute for legal professionals but as a force multiplier—one that enhances judgment, creativity, and efficiency—legal departments can unlock unprecedented potential.
Over the past 18 months, my team and I have worked closely with some of the most visionary Chief Legal Officers from Fortune 500 companies to bring their aspirations for the future of legal operations to life.
Through collaborations with iconic leaders such as Rob Beard, Chief Legal Officer of Coherent, Mark Smolik, Chief Legal Officer of DHL Supply Chain Americas, and Rishi Varma, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Cargill, and others, we have gained a deep understanding of the persistent gaps in existing legal technology, the structural challenges that hinder progress, and, most importantly, what an augmented intelligence-driven legal function should look like for in-house teams in this new era.
The blueprint for Augmented Intelligence has now been established, and we are seeing tremendous results. Developing this blueprint has required a deep partnership with our customers, and it is now ready to scale.
We call it Eudia.
Introducing Eudia
Today, I am proud to announce that Eudia has secured up to $105 million in Series A funding, led by our partners at General Catalyst. The name Eudia is inspired by Aristotle’s concept of eudaimonia—the highest form of human flourishing, pursued as an end in itself rather than as a means to something else.
Through my work with Chief Legal Officers, I have come to appreciate them not merely as legal experts, but as business leaders with a deep understanding of the law. With Augmented Intelligence, legal teams can likewise unlock their full potential.
What does unlimited potential mean in this context?
It is the shift from constraining growth to enabling it, from minimizing risk to strategically managing it, and from relying on vast teams to manually compensate for underperforming software to embracing an AI-powered transformation that propels the business forward.
With Eudia, legal teams can achieve a level of strategic partnership with the business that was previously unimaginable.
But don’t just take my word for it—hear directly from the co-architects of the Augmented Intelligence movement and their vision for the future of the legal industry:
"Eudia has proven to solve previously intractable problems for every Chief Legal Officer. The team and its Augmented Intelligence platform have earned my trust over the past 18 months, and we are on track to transform into a fully augmented legal team this year thanks to Eudia's Augmented AI Agents." said Rob Beard, Chief Legal Officer of Coherent.
Mark Smolik, Chief Legal Officer of DHL Supply Chain Americas, shared: “As a team we spend a great deal of time evaluating and implementing new and creative ways to drive innovation in our department. Of the many tools we've evaluated, Eudia stands out as highly differentiated, by building AI agents that are designed for the real needs of corporate legal departments. The team have earned my trust with every interaction, and I’m thrilled to have access to Eudia’s Augmented Intelligence Platform.”
The inefficiencies of the legal system extend far beyond business—one legal event can bankrupt the average American.
Despite the unprecedented capabilities of AI agents to automate legal work, the status quo remains deeply flawed. By demonstrating that many—if not most—legal tasks can be meaningfully augmented by AI, we can fundamentally reshape the industry.
Our goal is not just to improve efficiency but to level the playing field, ensuring that legal resources are more accessible and that businesses can scale faster than ever. By transforming legal from a cost center into a strategic value driver, we are unlocking a new era of growth and impact.
Join the Augmented Intelligence Movement
The transformation of the legal profession is no longer theoretical—it is happening now. But shaping this future requires bold leadership. That’s why we are bringing together the most forward-thinking Chief Legal Officers in the Fortune 500 to co-architect the next era of legal operations together. Our community of Chief Legal Offers see technology not as a constraint, but as a catalyst for their legal teams to drive business growth in unprecedented ways.
This is your invitation to be part of something bigger.
The Augmented Intelligence Era is here, and the legal profession has never had a greater opportunity to redefine its impact. If you’d like to join our movement and leave your legacy in the industry, please send me an email direct at omar.haroun@eudia.com
We look forward to building the future with you.