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NetDocuments

Cloud-based document management for legal

Principal Software Engineer

Full-Time
$200k - $220k
Expert
Bachelor's
Remote in USA+1 moreMore locations: Lehi, UT, USA
Remote
Software EngineeringFull-Stack Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated experience operating at the Staff level or above.
  • Experience setting architecture and technical direction across multiple products, systems, or engineering teams.
  • Experience leading complex, cross-team technical initiatives without formal authority and driving alignment across engineering stakeholders.
  • Deep expertise in system design, distributed systems, cloud applications, microservices, and enterprise-scale integrations.
  • Strong full-stack engineering experience across frontend and backend systems; the technology stack includes C#, .NET, React, and TypeScript.
  • Experience designing and operating cloud-native systems using AWS, Azure, or comparable cloud technologies.
  • Experience translating ambiguous product requirements into clear technical architecture and implementation plans.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring senior engineers and providing technical guidance across teams.
  • Strong technical writing skills, including creating architecture documents, design proposals, and technical decision records.
Responsibilities
  • Provide technical leadership across the Intelligent DMS organization by establishing architectural direction and engineering standards spanning multiple teams and product surfaces.
  • Lead architectural decisions across web, mobile, backend services, Microsoft 365 integrations, desktop applications, and AI-powered experiences.
  • Define shared technical patterns, component contracts, data models, permission models, and integration approaches that create a cohesive platform.
  • Lead complex, cross-team engineering initiatives from early product ideation through architecture, implementation, and production.
  • Evaluate architectural trade-offs across scalability, security, performance, usability, maintainability, and speed of delivery.
  • Simplify complex systems and establish technical foundations that enable teams to move faster as the platform evolves.
  • Contribute directly to the most complex and consequential areas of the Intelligent DMS platform.
  • Design and build cloud-native applications, microservices, integrations, and customer-facing experiences at enterprise scale.
  • Help architect next-generation web and mobile applications and their supporting backend services.
  • Establish patterns for integrating AI capabilities such as assistants, summarization, extraction, and intelligent search into document workflows.
  • Lead technical design for Microsoft 365 experiences, including co-authoring and integrations across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Design solutions that maintain correctness, security, and matter-level permissions across highly concurrent and distributed workflows.
  • Define technical strategies for evolving mature applications and integrations onto the next-generation platform without disrupting critical customer workflows.
  • Establish migration patterns that allow legacy and next-generation experiences to operate effectively during platform transitions.
  • Drive technical coherence across extended applications, desktop clients, sync, import, browser extensions, mobile applications, and Microsoft 365 integrations.
  • Partner with platform and AI engineering teams to establish scalable integration patterns for shared services and capabilities.
  • Set performance and reliability standards for customer-facing applications and drive systemic improvements required to meet them.
  • Lead technical initiatives involving multiple engineering teams without relying on formal reporting authority.
  • Build alignment across Engineering, Product, Design, Platform, and AI teams around architectural direction and implementation strategy.
  • Translate ambiguous product opportunities into clear technical requirements, architecture, and executable plans.
  • Document architectural decisions and ensure teams understand the reasoning, trade-offs, and standards behind them.
  • Serve as a technical escalation point for complex architectural or engineering challenges.
  • Mentor engineers across experience levels, including Senior and Staff Engineers, and provide guidance on architecture, system design, and engineering practices.
  • Drive testing, quality, security, and reliability strategies across the Intelligent DMS organization.
  • Establish and maintain architecture documentation, engineering standards, and technical patterns that scale beyond individual projects.
  • Lead design and code reviews for complex or high-impact initiatives.
  • Partner with other Principal Engineers and the Chief Architect to advance technical excellence across the broader engineering organization.
  • Support recruiting and interviewing efforts to help build a high-performing engineering team.
  • Stay current with advancements in AI-native product development, distributed systems, cloud architecture, and modern software engineering.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and determine where they can meaningfully improve customer experience or engineering effectiveness.
  • Validate new technical approaches with real users and production feedback before scaling them broadly.
  • Champion engineering practices that prioritize simplicity, measurable customer value, and sustainable technical foundations.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience shipping AI-native product experiences where AI is fundamental to the product workflow.
  • Experience operating multi-tenant enterprise platforms with strict security, compliance, or data residency requirements.
  • Experience with Microsoft 365 extensibility, including Office add-ins, Microsoft Graph, or co-authoring technologies.
  • Experience modernizing legacy applications while maintaining heavily used production systems and managing complex customer migrations.
  • Experience in legal technology, professional-services SaaS, or other regulated enterprise software environments.
  • Public examples of technical leadership through conference speaking, technical writing, open-source contributions, or architectural patterns adopted by other teams.
  • A track record of leading complex technical initiatives through successful outcomes and lessons learned from approaches that did not work.

About the company

NetDocuments provides a cloud-based document and email management platform for legal and professional services. It uses a subscription SaaS model to offer secure storage, compliance, and features like enterprise search and real-time collaboration, with integrations to Outlook and Microsoft Office. It differentiates itself by offering a single source of truth with rapid security validation, governance, and strong integrations that reduce administrative tasks. Its goal is to help customers manage information securely and efficiently so users can focus on higher-value work.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$30M

Headquarters

Lehi, Utah

Founded

1999

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What believers are saying

  • October 1, 2026 brought Cody Crnkovich to deepen partner-led distribution.
  • September 2026 ChatGPT plugin and August Gemini Enterprise launch widen AI discovery.
  • August 2026 Tabular Review, Legal Authorities, and Inc. 5000 recognition reinforce momentum.

What critics are saying

  • iManage, Harvey, and Legora bundle workflow AI, eroding NetDocuments' integration moat by 2027.
  • OpenAI and Google control model distribution, squeezing NetDocuments into a feature layer.
  • eDOCS support and migration complexity can slow sales and trigger integration failures through 2027.

What makes NetDocuments unique

  • Cloud-native DMS built for legal since inception, not a migrated on-prem suite.
  • Legal Context Graph turns firm documents, matters, and citations into reusable AI memory.
  • 150-plus integrations plus eDOCS acquisition expand reach across law firms and public sector.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid Holidays
  • HSA company contribution
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Wellness Program
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • LinkedIn Learning access

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Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

7%
NetDocuments
Oct 15th, 2026
NetDocuments expands ndMAX Studio with six new AI apps that transform legal knowledge into action.

NetDocuments expands ndMAX Studio with six new AI apps that transform legal knowledge into action. October 15, 2026 Latest release expands ndMAX Studio into family law, estate planning, and broadens corporate governance while growing the platform to 45 pre-built legal AI applications LEHI, Utah, Oct. 15, 2026 - NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system for legal professionals, today announced six new AI-powered applications for ndMAX Studio, expanding its growing library of legal workflows and bringing the Studio catalog to 45 pre-built apps. The latest release marks ndMAX Studio's expansion into family law and estate planning while adding new capabilities for fund formation, venture financing, and corporate governance. Together, the new applications help legal professionals uncover inconsistencies, validate critical information, reconcile transaction documents, and transform complex legal records into actionable knowledge. As legal teams continue to adopt AI, many are discovering that the challenge is no longer generating content. It's finding, validating, and connecting information spread across disclosures, agreements, filings, corporate records, and client documents. The newest additions to ndMAX Studio are designed to help legal professionals surface that information faster and put it to work more effectively. "Legal work depends on connecting information across documents and transforming it into knowledge that teams can act on," said Jared Beckstead, Senior Product Marketing Manager, AI, at NetDocuments. "These new ndMAX Studio applications help teams surface critical information, identify potential risks, and build institutional knowledge that becomes more valuable over time." Expanding AI into new areas of legal practice. This latest release extends ndMAX Studio into new practice areas while continuing NetDocuments' vision of connected legal workflows. The six new applications address a common challenge facing legal professionals: critical business and legal knowledge is often trapped inside documents. Whether reviewing financial disclosures, validating estate planning documents, reconciling financing terms, or tracking corporate actions across years of governance records, attorneys spend significant time piecing together information from multiple sources. For family law practitioners, NetDocuments is introducing the Divorce Financial Disclosure Analyzer, which compares financial disclosures, tax returns, retirement accounts, and supporting documentation to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and potential areas requiring further review. The company is also launching the Prenuptial Agreement Enforceability Analyzer, which evaluates agreements against jurisdiction-specific requirements and highlights provisions that may present enforceability concerns. For estate planning professionals, the new Will & Trust Internal Consistency Checker reviews documents for conflicting provisions, inconsistent references, missing clauses, and other drafting issues that can create downstream risk. By automating a traditionally time-consuming review process, firms can strengthen quality control before documents are finalized and delivered to clients. The release also expands ndMAX Studio's support for transactional and corporate legal work. The Fund Terms and Side Letter Management App extracts and organizes key provisions across fund documentation and side letters, helping legal teams track obligations, exceptions, and investor-specific terms. The VC Financing Definitive Terms Reconciliation App compares executed financing documents against negotiated term sheets to identify changes and unresolved issues before transactions close. Completing the release is the Corporate Actions Register App, which transforms board minutes, shareholder resolutions, and governance records into a searchable register of corporate actions. The result is a structured institutional record that can be referenced across future transactions, audits, compliance reviews, and governance activities. Built for legal workflows, not generic AI. Unlike general-purpose AI tools, every application in ndMAX Studio is purpose-built for a specific legal workflow and operates within the security, governance, and trust framework of the NetDocuments platform. With 45 pre-built applications and the ability to create and customize additional solutions through the ndMAX AI App Builder, firms, corporations, and government entities can deploy AI across specific processes while keeping their work, knowledge, and governance within a single platform. Each expansion of ndMAX Studio broadens the range of connected workflows available to legal professionals, helping them move beyond isolated AI tasks and toward systems that support how legal work actually gets done. Visit ndMAX Studio at studio.netdocuments.com to see all 45 apps and meet with NetDocuments experts. NetDocuments will be showcasing the ndMAX Studio during the Inspire conference, October 19-21 in Orlando, at its session, "From Ready-to-Run to Firmwide Transformation: Studio Apps Overview." About NetDocuments NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-native document management system (DMS) for 25+ years, delivers everything lawyers need to do their best work, including award-winning automation and AI to email management, search, collaboration, document bundling, advanced security, and more. With the industry's first Legal Context Graph and a reimagined user experience built around it, NetDocuments supercharges those experiences by connecting every matter, every project, and every case while respecting an organization's permissions and ethical walls. Supporting more than 7,000 law firms, corporate legal departments, and public sector organizations worldwide, the platform integrates with 150+ other technologies, including Microsoft 365, Claude by Anthropic, and Docusign, making it a core solution that meets users wherever they work. Media contact (C) 2026 NetDocuments Software, Inc. All rights reserved. NetDocuments is the registered trademark of NetDocuments Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

NetDocuments
Oct 8th, 2026
NetDocuments showcases Legal Context Graph, MCP, and AI innovation at Fenalaw 2026.

NetDocuments showcases Legal Context Graph, MCP, and AI innovation at Fenalaw 2026. October 8, 2026 Legal technology leader to showcase innovations helping firms across Latin America move from AI experimentation to business impact SÃO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 08, 2026 - NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system for legal professionals, today announced its participation in Fenalaw 2026, one of Latin America's largest legal technology conferences. With an exhibit booth and two educational speaking sessions, NetDocuments will demonstrate how law firms and corporate legal departments are unlocking greater value from artificial intelligence through trusted, secure data, connected knowledge, and the power of legal context. Representing NetDocuments at the Oct. 27-29 event will be Brandall Nelson, JD, Legal Solutions Director; Mike Sanders, Director, Solutions Expert Team; and Lucas Germenink, Regional Sales Director, LATAM. Together, they will meet with legal professionals from across Brazil and the broader Latin American region to discuss the evolving role of AI in legal practice. "As firms move from AI experimentation to business impact, context becomes the differentiator," Nelson said. "Legal professionals need AI that understands not only the content of a document, but also its relationship to matters, clients, prior work product, and institutional knowledge. Our Legal Context Graph helps create that foundation, enabling more relevant, trustworthy, and actionable AI experiences." NetDocuments helps firms build the foundation for more accurate, secure, and effective AI experiences. At Fenalaw, the company will showcase its Legal Context Graph, which connects documents, matters, people, knowledge, and workflows to provide AI with a richer understanding of legal work, matter context, and firm expertise. NetDocuments will also highlight its Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging industry standard that enables AI systems to securely connect with the applications, content, and workflows professionals use every day. The open, AI-tool-agnostic platform connects with Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini Enterprise, Perplexity, and leading legal AI providers Harvey and Legora. Through MCP, firms can securely bring governed NetDocuments content into these AI tools without document uploads, reprocessing, or additional governance layers. "Across Brazil and Latin America, we are seeing growing demand from law firms and corporate legal departments for technologies that drive measurable business outcomes," Germenink said. "Organizations are moving beyond AI experimentation and investing in solutions that help legal professionals work more efficiently, make better-informed decisions, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge." Visitors to booth F38/F40 can experience live demonstrations of the NetDocuments intelligent document management platform, Legal Context Graph, and AI-powered capabilities designed specifically for legal professionals. Attendees will also learn how leading legal organizations are adopting AI while maintaining the security, governance, and compliance standards the profession requires. About NetDocuments NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-native document management system (DMS) for 25+ years, delivers everything lawyers need to do their best work, including award-winning automation and AI to email management, search, collaboration, document bundling, advanced security, and more. With the industry's first Legal Context Graph and a reimagined user experience built around it, NetDocuments supercharges those experiences by connecting every matter, every project, and every case while respecting an organization's permissions and ethical walls. Supporting more than 7,000 law firms, corporate legal departments, and public sector organizations worldwide, the platform integrates with 150+ other technologies, including Microsoft 365, Claude by Anthropic, and Docusign, making it a core solution that meets users wherever they work. Media contact (C) 2026 NetDocuments Software, Inc. All rights reserved. NetDocuments is the registered trademark of NetDocuments Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

NetDocuments
Oct 5th, 2026
NetDocuments announces Inspire 2026, its largest user conference to date.

NetDocuments announces Inspire 2026, its largest user conference to date. October 5, 2026 Building on more than 20 years of bringing the legal community together, Inspire 2026 will welcome more legal professionals, industry experts, customers, and technology leaders than ever before for major AI, product, and platform announcements LEHI, Utah, Oct. 5, 2026 - NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system for legal professionals, today announced Inspire 2026, the company's annual user conference and its largest event ever. Taking place Oct. 19-21 in Orlando, Fla., Inspire will unite legal professionals, industry leaders, technology partners, analysts, media, and NetDocuments customers from around the world to explore the future of AI-powered legal work. As organizations move beyond AI experimentation and focus on real-world adoption, Inspire 2026 will showcase how legal professionals can put AI to work on trusted data and legal-specific context. Attendees will receive an exclusive look at the next evolution of the NetDocuments platform, including expanded capabilities built on the company's recently launched Legal Context Graph, a reimagined user experience, and new innovations designed to help legal professionals work faster, more intelligently, and with greater confidence. "General-purpose AI doesn't know which documents belong to which matter, or who is allowed to see them," said Josh Baxter, Chief Executive Officer of NetDocuments. "Legal organizations want AI that understands the context of their legal work. At Inspire 2026, we'll show what AI can do when it works from the matter file, with permissions and ethical walls intact, and what we're building next." Major product and AI announcements. During the event's opening keynote, NetDocuments leaders will unveil significant enhancements to the company's vision for connected legal intelligence, including expansions to the Legal Context Graph and new experiences designed to bring matter-centric context directly into legal workflows. Attendees will also see advancements across the NetDocuments platform, including innovations using Model Context Protocol (MCP) and expanded AI-powered capabilities such as: * Tabular Review * Legal Authorities * Enhanced knowledge discovery and matter intelligence * AI-powered workflow and productivity experiences * Expanded integrations across Microsoft and partner ecosystems The company will also share new research and benchmark findings examining AI adoption, readiness, and business impact across the legal profession. Industry leaders take the stage. Inspire 2026 will feature the largest speaker lineup in conference history, including legal technology innovators, law firm leaders, corporate legal executives, and AI experts helping shape the future of the profession. Featured speakers include leaders from organizations such as AWS, Microsoft, Anthropic, and many of the world's leading law firms and legal departments. Attendees can choose from keynote presentations, customer-led sessions, workshops, product strategy discussions, and peer networking opportunities focused on AI, knowledge management, security, automation, and legal operations. Exclusive center stage Media Roundtable. One of the event's marquee moments will be the Center Stage Media Roundtable, where Baxter and Chief Product Officer Dan Hauck will sit down with a select group of top legal technology reporters and analysts. The discussion will offer a deeper look at the announcements from Inspire 2026, including the evolution of the Legal Context Graph, the reimagined NetDocuments platform, emerging AI capabilities, and the broader trends influencing the future of legal work. Registration open. As the largest Inspire conference in company history, Inspire 2026 is expected to welcome a record number of attendees from law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and technology partners worldwide. Inspire 2026 Orlando serves as the flagship gathering of the global Inspire series. Building on growing international demand and an expanding community of customers and partners, NetDocuments will also host dedicated Inspire EMEA and Inspire APAC events in November, bringing key announcements, product innovation, customer stories, and educational content to legal professionals around the world. Registration is now open. To learn more or reserve a seat, visit netdocuments.com/events/inspire-event. About netdocuments. NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-native document management system (DMS) for 25+ years, delivers everything lawyers need to do their best work, including award-winning automation and AI to email management, search, collaboration, document bundling, advanced security, and more. With the industry's first Legal Context Graph and a reimagined user experience built around it, NetDocuments supercharges those experiences by connecting every matter, every project, and every case while respecting an organization's permissions and ethical walls. Supporting more than 7,000 law firms, corporate legal departments, and public sector organizations worldwide, the platform integrates with 150+ other technologies, including Microsoft 365, Claude by Anthropic, and Docusign, making it a core solution that meets users wherever they work. Media contact. (C) 2026 NetDocuments Software, Inc. All rights reserved. NetDocuments is the registered trademark of NetDocuments Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

NetDocuments
Oct 1st, 2026
NetDocuments names Cody Crnkovich Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances.

NetDocuments names Cody Crnkovich Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances. October 1, 2026 New leadership role unifies channel, technology, and alliance programs to advance AI-powered legal workflows LEHI, Utah, Oct. 1, 2026 - NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system for legal professionals, today announced the appointment of Cody Crnkovich as Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances, reinforcing the company's investment in the relationships and integrations driving the next generation of legal AI. In this newly established role, Crnkovich will lead NetDocuments' global partner strategy, bringing together channel partners, independent software vendors (ISVs), and strategic alliances under a unified approach. As law firms, corporate legal teams, and public sector organizations increasingly adopt AI-powered workflows, NetDocuments continues to expand the network of partners and integrations that help customers securely connect content, knowledge, and work across their legal technology environment. Crnkovich brings more than 15 years of experience building and scaling global partner organizations across enterprise software and cloud technology companies. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Channel Sales at Instructure and previously held partnership leadership roles at Conga, Udemy, Adobe, and GoodData. At NetDocuments, Crnkovich will oversee a growing network of more than 150 technology integrations, including leading legal AI solutions such as Harvey and Legora. He will also lead strategic relationships with Microsoft, AWS, Anthropic, and other technology leaders while expanding the NetDocuments channel partner program serving law firms, corporate legal teams, and public sector organizations worldwide. The appointment reflects NetDocuments' continued investment in expanding its network of technology and alliance relationships. As AI transforms how legal work gets done, these partnerships play an increasingly important role in helping organizations securely connect their institutional knowledge with the applications and services they use every day. Together, they help customers unlock greater value from AI while maintaining the security, governance, and compliance standards the legal profession requires. "AI is fundamentally reshaping how legal professionals work, and partnerships are central to that transformation," said Mike "Gibby" Gibson, Chief Revenue Officer at NetDocuments. "The future of legal technology will be built through connected ecosystems, trusted content, and meaningful context. Cody has a proven ability to bring organizations together around a shared vision, and his leadership will help us deepen strategic relationships, accelerate innovation, and create more value for our customers." Crnkovich's appointment comes amid growing demand for practical, secure AI across organizations. NetDocuments continues to expand its AI capabilities and technology partnerships to help customers connect trusted legal content, institutional knowledge, and matter-centric context with the tools they rely on most. "The future of legal AI will be shaped by collaboration across the industry," Crnkovich said. "NetDocuments has built strong relationships with technology leaders, solution providers, and channel partners. Together, we have an opportunity to help legal professionals put AI to work with the context, security, and governance they need to trust the results. I'm excited to bring these efforts together under a unified strategy that expands customer choice, accelerates innovation, and helps legal professionals realize more value from AI." As firms, legal teams, and organizations continue to modernize and embrace AI, NetDocuments remains committed to an open, secure platform approach. By connecting trusted legal content, institutional knowledge, and matter-centric context with leading applications and AI solutions, the company helps customers unlock more relevant, accurate, and actionable outcomes while maintaining the governance, privacy, and security standards the profession demands. About NetDocuments NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-native document management system (DMS) for 25+ years, delivers everything lawyers need to do their best work, including award-winning automation and AI to email management, search, collaboration, document bundling, advanced security, and more. With the industry's first Legal Context Graph and a reimagined user experience built around it, NetDocuments supercharges those experiences by connecting every matter, every project, and every case while respecting an organization's permissions and ethical walls. Supporting more than 7,000 law firms, corporate legal departments, and public sector organizations worldwide, the platform integrates with 150+ other technologies, including Microsoft 365, Claude by Anthropic, and Docusign, making it a core solution that meets users wherever they work. Media contact (C) 2026 NetDocuments Software, Inc. All rights reserved. NetDocuments is the registered trademark of NetDocuments Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

Utah Business
Sep 18th, 2026
NetDocuments expands its AI ecosystem through ChatGPT enterprise plugin.

NetDocuments expands its AI ecosystem through ChatGPT enterprise plugin. Existing NetDocuments plugin becomes available through OpenAI plugin library, bringing governed legal context directly into ChatGPT. NetDocuments // Sept 18, 2026 LEHI, Utah - NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system for legal professionals, announced its existing ChatGPT plugin is now available through the OpenAI plugin library, bringing NetDocuments' governed legal context together with OpenAI frontier models. The milestone is the latest expansion of NetDocuments' growing Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem, which connects governed legal knowledge to leading AI platforms and applications. The plugin makes it easier for legal professionals to discover and activate NetDocuments directly within ChatGPT, providing secure access to firm knowledge while preserving existing permissions, governance policies, and security controls. More broadly, it reflects a shift underway across the legal industry. As organizations move beyond AI experimentation, the focus is turning from model capabilities alone to a more fundamental question: how they can use tools like ChatGPT to securely access the knowledge that already exists inside the firm. "Legal organizations are entering a different phase of AI adoption," said Heath Harris, Vice President of Applied AI at NetDocuments. "The conversations we're having today are less about models and more about whether AI can securely access the knowledge firms already have. Most organizations don't have a knowledge problem. They have an access problem. The opportunity is making trusted institutional knowledge available wherever legal professionals choose to work." Through NetDocuments' MCP architecture, AI applications can securely search and retrieve documents, uncover relevant precedent, compare and summarize content, and assist with drafting using the context of an organization's own work product and institutional knowledge. Existing permissions, ethical walls, and governance controls remain intact across every AI experience. By building once and connecting many times, organizations can bring the same trusted knowledge foundation to multiple AI tools without rebuilding integrations, governance frameworks, or security controls for each new application. The announcement also reinforces findings from NetDocuments' recently released Legal Context Engineering Benchmark, which demonstrated that AI systems become more effective, efficient, and reliable when grounded in trusted legal context. NetDocuments' AI ecosystem enables organizations to: * Work with the AI tools best suited to specific legal workflows * Ground AI outputs in trusted firm knowledge and work product * Maintain governance, permissions, and ethical walls across AI experiences * Reduce integration complexity through a unified context strategy * Preserve flexibility as new AI models and applications enter the market. "The legal industry isn't suffering from a shortage of AI models," Harris added. "New models, assistants, and applications are arriving faster than ever. The real challenge is turning AI into lasting business value. That's why we've invested in MCP, the Legal Context Graph, and an open ecosystem. Better models and better context are the keys. It's a firm's ability to bring its knowledge and governance to every model it chooses to use." ndConnect is NetDocuments' interoperability program giving authorized, approved third-party AI tools secure, governed access to NetDocuments content. To learn more about how to choose the integration that fits your workflow, visit www.netdocuments.com/legal-ai-integrations. About NetDocuments NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-native document management system (DMS) for 25+ years, delivers everything lawyers need to do their best work, including award-winning automation and AI to email management, search, collaboration, document bundling, advanced security, and more. With the industry's first Legal Context Graph and a reimagined user experience built around it, NetDocuments supercharges those experiences by connecting every matter, every project, and every case while respecting an organization's permissions and ethical walls. Supporting more than 7,000 law firms, corporate legal departments, and public sector organizations worldwide, the platform integrates with 150+ other technologies, including Microsoft 365, Claude by Anthropic, and DocuSign, making it a core solution that meets users wherever they work. To learn more, visit netdocuments.com