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Kira by Litera

Kira is an AI-powered contract intelligence solution that helps legal teams analyze contracts with proven accuracy, flexible governance controls, and collaborative workflows for high-volume review. Its multi-layer AI combines GenAI with proprietary models to deliver 95% contract review accuracy. Backed by 30 years of legal expertise and a decade of AI innovation from Litera, Kira brings precision and reliability to contract analysis.

Founded in 2011 in Toronto by Noah Waisberg and Alexander Hudek, Kira became a category‑leading AI contract analysis platform and is now part of Litera’s legal tech suite, serving AmLaw firms, Big Four and corporate legal departments.

Key Features

  • Kira's multi-layer hybrid AI pairs proprietary models (1,400+ smart fields trained on 1M+ documents) with GenAI to deliver 95%+ precision

  • Generative Smart Fields, Concept Search, Doc Chat, and Grid Chat let teams extract, find, and answer deal-level questions in natural language

  • Collaborative end-to-end workflows run through the Analysis Grid to classify, tag, and compare documents, then export bespoke reports to Word, Excel, or PDF.

  • Kira scales from 10 documents to 10,000+ with bulk import, OCR, deduplication, and classification across 100+ languages

  • Flexible governance lets firms toggle GenAI on or off by client or jurisdiction, backed by enterprise-grade security and Lito, Litera's award-winning Legal AI agent.

AI Capabilities

Kira combines generative AI with proprietary AI models trained on 1M+ legal contracts to deliver claimed 95%+ contract analysis accuracy. 2026 expansions: Grid Chat (natural language querying over review data), Generative Smart Fields with verified extraction grounding, intelligent workflows for rapid-turn analysis + collaborative reviews.

Integrations

Virtual data rooms: Intralinks

Matter management: HighQ

Microsoft 365: works within the tools legal teams already use

Microsoft Word: via API (for export and document round-tripping)

More Information

Founded in 2011 in Toronto by Noah Waisberg and Alexander Hudek, Kira became a category‑leading AI contract analysis platform and is now part of Litera’s legal tech suite, serving AmLaw firms, Big Four and corporate legal departments.

What sets it apart

  1. Accuracy you can defend, not a probabilistic guess.

  2. Scale to any volume without sacrificing quality.

  3. One connected workflow, not another tool to manage.

Key Facts

Category
AI Contract Review & M&A Due Diligence Platform
Founded
1995
Pricing
Kira is now part of Litera's broader Transactional workflow offering, with unlimited document review included in package-based pricing. The exact investment depends on firm size and package tier.
Deal Stage
Transaction
Target Market
Corporate M&A, M&A Advisory, Private Equity, Asset Managers, Investment Banking, Law Firms

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