AI That Works Where You Work: Introducing Ironclad’s Next Wave of AI Agents
Legal teams have heard the promise: AI will transform contracting. And there’s real potential here. The majority of what’s been delivered so far has fallen short, however—a chatbot here, a summarization tool there. The fundamental challenge remains: most contracting is still slow, still manual, and still disconnected from the business outcomes it should be driving.
What the technology should actually deliver is AI that works where you work, from intake to renewal, across the whole org, whether you’re in sales, IT, procurement, or somewhere else—not tools that require you to change how you operate.
So today, we’re announcing a major expansion of our AI capabilities with additions to our network of AI agents and assistants, all designed to make that vision a reality. These agents and assistants will work together across every contract type and every stage of the lifecycle, helping you transform contracting from a reactive bottleneck into a proactive advantage.
The first round of new releases—the Intake Agent, the Redlining Agent, and Conversational Search—join drafting, review, and research agents within our contract review AI assistant, Jurist, to turn your agreements from passive documents into working assets. The agents automate repetitive, lower-risk work so you can focus on what requires your expertise: strategic negotiation, nuanced risk assessment, and business partnership.
Why Ironclad’s AI is different: AI that actually understands your contracts
Our chief technology officer, Sunita Verma, put it plainly:
Here’s the reality–not all AI is created equal. Most organizations are bolting AI onto rigid systems and fragmented data. Ironclad embeds AI directly into workflow logic and contextual data. This powerful loop of structure and intelligence, coupled with our multi-model approach, is built on a foundation of over a decade’s worth of workflow data, making Ironclad’s agentic system uniquely capable of learning, reasoning, and confidently accelerating business.
Sunita VermaChief Technology Officer, Ironclad
What that means for you: When AI is built directly into a workflow engine rather than layered on top of static documents, it has access to the underlying logic and context of your contracting process, not just the text on the page. This approach draws on 10+ years of contracting expertise across billions of processed contracts, using different LLMs depending on the task at hand. For example, contract analysis uses different models than negotiation support or clause extraction. All of this runs under strict security policies: zero retention by model providers, no training exposure, and full compliance with enterprise security requirements. The result is contract insights that are both faster and more contextually relevant than what newer AI solutions can offer, because they’re built on a mature understanding of how contracting actually works.
Meet the new agents: Intelligence across the contract lifecycle
These agents, alongside the expansion’s upcoming releases, will operate seamlessly across your entire contract lifecycle, from intake to renewal, connecting every stage and stakeholder into one intelligent flow. Let’s take a closer look.
1. Intake Agent: Automating the front door of legal
You know the bottleneck: third-party paper and procurement intake. It’s manual, it’s tedious, and it slows everything down.
What it does: The Intake Agent extracts crucial metadata from third-party documents and automatically assists you in populating Ironclad launch forms.
What it means for you: This leads to measurable reductions in cycle times and higher throughput, which translates to faster time to revenue. Contracts move through the system faster, approvals happen sooner, and your team can handle more volume without adding headcount.
Available: Currently in beta. Join the early access program here.
2. Redlining Agent: A force multiplier in negotiation
Negotiation and review are some of the most resource-intensive parts of what legal teams do. Jurist has made great strides in reducing that manual burden by leveraging its engine of Manager, Drafting, Editing, Review, and Research Agents to streamline the back-and-forth and most recently by integrating directly into individual workflows. Today, the Redlining Agent joins their ranks.
What it does: The agent highlights missing clauses, risky terms, or compliance gaps within a document based on playbooks containing rules set forth by your org.
What it means for you: You spend less time on manual review and can identify risks faster. This frees you up to leverage your expertise on strategic matters instead of hunting for standard issues. Every contract gets vetted against your company standards, which scales compliance and speeds up deals.
Available: Currently in beta. Join the early access program here.
3. Conversational Search: Your contracts speaking back to you
Conversational Search represents the emergence of our AI assistant layer, a conversational interface that powers reasoning, memory, and context across all your business workflows.
What it does: Conversational search enables natural language querying within your Contract Repository, making it the conversational interface of your business.
What it means for you: You immediately get the right filters to pull up the contracts and metadata you’re looking for. This means you spend less time hunting for information or on routine tasks and more time on strategy, with greater predictability and fewer surprises across your enterprise.
Available: Currently in beta. Join the early access program here.
What’s next: Agentic workflows and the human advantage
Our approach is built on that earlier foundational concept: AI everywhere you work. We’re creating an always-on network of intelligence that extends beyond the CLM. As the portfolio of agents and assistants grows, your organization’s processes can evolve into “agentic workflows,” where contracts manage themselves, renewals never slip, and risks surface before they escalate.
And here’s what matters most: this evolution is built on trust. Human-in-the-loop governance ensures every agent works transparently, is auditable, and controllable. You’re in charge.
The work that’s been bottlenecked for decades—intake, redlining, searching for that one clause buried in a thousand agreements—is becoming instantaneous. The time you get back doesn’t disappear into a productivity black hole. It gets redirected toward the work that actually requires human judgment: strategic negotiation, business partnership, risk assessment that demands nuance and context.
That’s the future we’re building toward. Not just contracts that work faster, but contracts that work smarter. And legal teams that finally have the leverage to match their expertise.
To learn more about how to leverage these agents, join our What’s New webinar on December 3rd. Not on Ironclad yet? Request a demo to explore how the AI platform will transform your contract management processes today.
Ironclad is not a law firm, and this post does not constitute or contain legal advice. To evaluate the accuracy, sufficiency, or reliability of the ideas and guidance reflected here, or the applicability of these materials to your business, you should consult with a licensed attorney.
