Whitepaper
Why AI Hasn't Solved Contract Review
Despite a flood of AI contract review tools hitting the market, most in-house legal teams still aren't seeing real results.
We unpack why — and share what we've learned cutting contract review costs by over 80% since 2023.
- Know whether your team is investing in the right 20% — or pouring resource into the wrong place
- Understand exactly why your verification burden isn't falling — and what to do first
- Walk away with a practical starting framework, not a vendor pitch
- Make the case internally for operating model investment before more AI spend
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By Tacit Legal
tilder-tldr.com
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Tilder allowed us to start driving meaningful change in a matter of hours, without investing weeks in playbook development.
It's encouraged us to think outside historical ways of working and has transformed the way we engage with suppliers. It's taken the problem off my team's plate, reduced negotiation friction, and cut end to end contracting times from weeks to days.
Head of Legal
Late Stage SaaS Business
What’s inside
Six chapters every legal leader should read
Written from inside an AI-native law firm - practical, data-backed, and free of vendor hype.
01
Where AI is falling short
Know the three implementation failures in-house leaders consistently report - and why fixing one without the others won't move the needle.
02
How to build genuine confidence in AI output
Understand exactly why your verification burden stays high - and the feedback loop approach that actually brings it down.
03
Why your operating model matters more than your tool
See the data: ~80% of cost reduction at Tiller came from operations. Know what to fix before spending more on AI.
04
The flexibility conversation you need to have
Walk away able to make the internal case for standardisation - and why most stakeholders are more receptive than lawyers expect.
05
How AI accelerates your team's development
Reframe AI as an education layer that shifts effort from identification to application - the most valuable work for junior lawyers.
06
A practical framework for where to start
Leave with five concrete steps you can act on this week - without adding to your team's workload or boiling the ocean.
The data behind the argument
Where the savings actually come from
Most teams are optimising the wrong 20%. Here's Tilder's own cost journey since 2023.
- ~80%
- of cost reduction from operating model, not the AI layer
- +40pp
- accuracy gain from 15-20 mins of playbook knowledge engineering
- +2pp
- maximum gain seen from upgrading foundation model versions
- £340
- today's cost per detailed review, down from £2,500 in 2023