By Gravity Stack Staff
The legal tech market got rattled last week when OpenAI announced the launch of DocuGPT, a contract-focused AI agent. Unlike another e-signature tool, DocuGPT goes further, offering extraction, drafting, negotiation support, and signature in one continuous workflow. It is a direct shot at the contract lifecycle management (CLM) market.
The reaction was swift. DocuSign’s stock slid as investors recalibrated expectations in a space where frustration with CLM usability has been building for years. CLMs have not been popular with clients despite the fact that they have gained traction in the enterprise. They have been expensive, difficult to implement, and too often create as many problems as they solve.
What makes this moment different is that AI does not just represent incremental improvement. It is not simply replacing human capital. It has the potential to disrupt the technology stack itself, putting pressure on platforms that have long been seen as untouchable. The incumbents, whether in CLM, research, or e-discovery, now face competition not only from startups but from companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Thomson Reuters who are moving fast and at scale.
At the same time, being first to market is no guarantee of winning it. We have already seen high-profile legal tech players roll out flashy tools that fall short in practice. Something as simple as a poorly designed export function can erase the time savings promised in a demo. Execution matters. Clean outputs, simple workflows, and reliability will decide adoption.
That is why Gravity Stack has deliberately remained vendor agnostic. We are not betting the future on a single platform. The market is moving too fast and the winners are far from decided. Our job is to evaluate tools on their merits, stay close to what our clients need, and make sure they are positioned to adapt as the landscape continues to shift.
For us, this moment is not about chasing the next shiny object. It is about staying flexible in a market that is volatile by design and helping our clients do the same.
If you want to understand how to position your legal team to take advantage of these shifts without locking yourself into the wrong technology, reach out to the Gravity Stack team.
👉 If your department is exploring AI, get in touch.
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