Axiom has launched the first of its new Tech+Talent offerings in collaboration with DraftPilot, an AI-driven contract review tool that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Word. Designed to accelerate contract mark-ups while enhancing review quality, DraftPilot has undergone extensive field testing with Axiom’s clients to ensure optimal performance in real-world legal environments.
Transforming Contracting with AI-Driven Efficiency
By combining Axiom’s legal expertise with DraftPilot’s advanced AI capabilities, the contracting process can be streamlined by up to 60%, significantly improving issue spotting, redlining, playbook creation, contract summarization, and ad-hoc clause drafting.
DraftPilot is the first in a series of Tech+Talent AI solutions Axiom is deploying among top global in-house legal teams. The initiative aims to help clients navigate AI adoption by identifying, evaluating, piloting, and implementing tools that meet Axiom’s stringent standards for accuracy, trustworthiness, efficiency, usability, and risk mitigation—ensuring seamless deployment and immediate value.
“Our clients need legal AI technology they can trust and that meets extremely high standards for work quality and value,” said Sara Morgan, Chief Talent Officer at Axiom. “That’s what they’ll get with DraftPilot today, backed by Axiom’s 25 years of experience amplifying the success of in-house legal teams. In our testing, we found many legal AI tools often aren’t adopted, don’t fit the team’s workflow, require lots of setup and training, or they’re just too hard for lawyers to use. As the first Axiom-approved AI, our clients can trust that DraftPilot, paired with our high-quality legal AI talent, can meet the contracting challenges posed by high-volume, real-world in-house environments.”
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Setting the Standard for AI-Powered Legal Solutions
To earn Axiom-approved AI status, DraftPilot demonstrated outstanding performance across six key criteria established by Axiom’s talent and technology teams:
- 40-60% reduction in contract review time
- 89% of attorneys reported improved work quality and consistency
- Immediate productivity gains with minimal training requirements
- No recorded decrease in productivity or accuracy
- Successful implementation across various contract types and languages
- Enhanced negotiation outcomes through AI-generated redline justifications
“The results blew us away,” said C.J. Saretto, Chief Technology Officer at Axiom. “Our legal talent saw up to 60% time-savings on routine contract tasks, and here’s the kicker: work quality went up. Attorneys using DraftPilot reported that the AI was like having an Associate take the first pass on a contract review, removing tedious tasks, and freeing them up to focus on higher-value strategy and negotiation. Our clients can now capitalize on AI-enhanced contract review with DraftPilot, knowing it’s been rigorously field-tested by Axiom attorneys.”
A Rigorous Evaluation for Real-World AI Implementation
Over eight months, Axiom’s talent and technology teams designed and executed a comprehensive evaluation and pilot program to assess the performance and usability of leading legal AI contracting tools. Lawyers from 27 global in-house legal teams participated in real-world testing to validate effectiveness.
The evaluation process included:
- Reviewing and marking up third-party contracts
- Allowing attorneys to verify and refine AI suggestions
- Converting contract templates into reusable playbooks
- Measuring the availability and customization of ready-to-use playbooks
- Adapting AI-powered review processes to attorneys’ workflows
- Ensuring an intuitive user interface with minimal training needs
- Seamless Microsoft Word integration
- Meeting stringent security and privacy compliance requirements
- Fast adoption with minimal onboarding time
- Third-party validation of results by an independent legal technology consultancy
“Any vendor can demo their AI and make it look impressive,” said Daniel van Binsbergen, DraftPilot CEO. “What sets this offering apart is the RFP and piloting process Axiom put in place. Axiom didn’t just ‘kick the tires,’ but instead selected DraftPilot from a field of well-researched tools to put DraftPilot to work on real client matters. This pilot had real lawyers using production AI in a formal program with defined success metrics, with in-house legal practitioners reporting on the benefits. As a legal technology vendor, being approved and offered by Axiom is a huge win, because it gives us the opportunity to help thousands of corporate legal teams worldwide by boosting their capacity with AI-enhanced contract review.”
DraftPilot marks the beginning of Axiom’s Tech+Talent portfolio, which will expand to include additional AI-powered legal solutions. As Axiom continues to evaluate and deploy legal AI technologies, clients can expect more innovative tools that meet the rigorous Axiom approval process—ensuring real-world effectiveness and maximum business impact.
