{"id":108131,"date":"2025-02-11T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/11\/simpledocs-launches-simpleai-an-ai-powered-contract-review-tool-with-customizable-playbooks-plus-video-demo\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T06:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T14:02:16","slug":"simpledocs-launches-simpleai-an-ai-powered-contract-review-tool-with-customizable-playbooks-plus-video-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/11\/simpledocs-launches-simpleai-an-ai-powered-contract-review-tool-with-customizable-playbooks-plus-video-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"SimpleDocs Launches SimpleAI, An AI-Powered Contract Review Tool with Customizable Playbooks (Plus Video Demo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency. Aiming to help them tackle that challenge, SimpleDocs, known for its AutoNDA contract automation software, has launched SimpleAI, a Microsoft Word-integrated tool that enables in-house legal teams to create [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to help them tackle that challenge, <a href=\"https:\/\/simpledocs.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimpleDocs<\/a>, known for its AutoNDA contract automation software, has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/simpledocs.com\/products\/simpleai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimpleAI<\/a>, a Microsoft Word-integrated tool that enables in-house legal teams to create and deploy custom AI-powered contract review playbooks.<\/p>\n<p>The product, which the company says it beta-tested with dozens of legal departments before today\u2019s launch, is designed to streamline routine contract negotiations through automated review and redlining capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>SimpleAI\u2019s defining feature is its playbook builder, which allows legal teams to create and modify their own contract review rules without requiring technical expertise. During a pre-launch demonstration of the product, SimpleDocs CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prestonjclark\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Preston Clark<\/a> emphasized that the system is designed to be immediately intuitive to practicing attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy single favorite part about SimpleAI is that our customers understand it implicitly and immediately,\u201d Clark told me during the demonstration. \u201cEven if you\u2019re a senior attorney pushing down work into your organization, from time to time you\u2019re still negotiating an NDA or reviewing a cloud service agreement. You can test this tool and know within a minute and a half how it compares to what you would do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While SimpleAI makes it easy for users to build their own playbooks, it also allows them to choose from a library of preloaded expert-developed playbooks developed through a partnership with SimpleDocs\u2019 sibling company Law Insider.<\/p>\n<p>These currently include the standardized templates oneNDA, oneDPA, and oneSaaS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2025\/02\/law-insider-launches-onesaas-standard-cloud-services-agreement-building-on-onenda-success.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which was launched just yesterday<\/a>). SimpleDocs plans to substantially build out this library of preloaded templates.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7e5cXSGSlg?si=Ng_tZ6rumerdoBDz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Replacing Manual Review<\/h3>\n<p>To understand how this works in practice, consider a common scenario: An in-house legal team receives a vendor\u2019s non-disclosure agreement. Traditionally, an attorney would need to manually review the document, checking various elements against the company\u2019s standard requirements \u2013 appropriate confidentiality terms, acceptable governing law, reasonable term length, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>In our demonstration, Clark showed how, with SimpleAI, this process becomes largely automated. It instantly analyzes a contract against a predefined playbook, presenting attorneys with a clear overview of issues it detects.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if a contract includes a six-year confidentiality term when company policy requires 18 months, the system automatically flags this and suggests appropriate redlines. But rather than lock users into predetermined rules, SimpleAI enables legal teams to create and modify their own playbooks through a straightforward interface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe initially weren\u2019t even going to make this builder available because we thought we didn\u2019t want to put this pressure on our customers,\u201d Clark said. \u201cBut when they saw it, they just ripped it out of our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The system approaches contract review in two ways. For clear-cut issues like non-solicitation clauses or specific term lengths, it can automatically implement redlines. For more nuanced matters that require attorney judgment \u2013 such as whether a confidentiality definition is appropriately broad \u2013 it flags the issue for review.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lawnext.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SimpleAI-Chat-Draft-and-Insert.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48878\" class=\"size-large wp-image-48878\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lawnext.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SimpleAI-Chat-Draft-and-Insert-1024x974.png?resize=1024%2C974&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"974\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-48878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Using the chat feature in SimpleAI to draft suggested language.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beyond playbook-based review, the tool includes an AI chat feature that allows users to analyze documents more broadly, generate clause suggestions, and create contract summaries. The company has indicated that future updates will include integration with Law Insider\u2019s contract database for market comparison analysis and the addition of customizable clause libraries.<\/p>\n<p>The product is SOC 2 and GDPR compliant and is available through the Microsoft App Store. SimpleDocs is offering SimpleAI at $150 per user per month, with unlimited playbook creation and usage. A limited guest version is available for free testing.<\/p>\n<p>In an educational initiative, SimpleDocs is partnering with the University of Miami School of Law to provide students with free access to SimpleAI and training in AI-assisted contract negotiation. This partnership includes teaching law students how to develop and test contract review playbooks using the platform.<\/p>\n<h3>More Standard Playbooks Coming<\/h3>\n<p>The launch of SimpleAI follows the success of SimpleDocs\u2019 AutoNDA product, which it says has been adopted by over 1,000 in-house legal departments since its launch 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The company sees SimpleAI as part of its broader strategy to provide targeted solutions for specific contract management challenges rather than attempting to replace entire contract lifecycle management systems.<\/p>\n<p>Clark emphasized that the product is designed to evolve based on user feedback, noting that many features, including the chat functionality and user-accessible playbook builder, were added or modified in response to beta-testing feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to continue expanding its library of standard playbooks, with Law Insider aiming to release 20 additional standard playbooks by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a crowded market of emerging AI-tools, the SimpleDocs\u2019 commitment to the needs of in-house lawyers will be our biggest differentiator,\u201d Clark said. \u201cThis means advanced playbook configurations, enterprise grade security and data polices \u2013 backed by a dedicated customer support and implementation team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>[Note that the How It Works video is a sponsored promotion.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency. 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