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Added 2026

Kingsley Napley

Built proprietary KNavigate platform on Kalisa rather than buying Harvey or Legora - explicitly cited cost as the deciding factor.

Platforms in use
Proprietary
Proprietary tools and programmes
  • KNavigate

    Firm-shaped AI platform built on the Kalisa knowledge platform, extended with Kingsley Napley's own knowledge, expertise, custom guardrails, and brand. Launched January 2026. Adopted by ~80% of legal and business services teams by May 2026. Use cases: document analysis, clause comparison, summarisation, drafting, ideation, internal operations. Being beta-tested with select clients for 24/7 baseline legal knowledge access.

What is happening
  • ·January 2026: KNavigate launched - built on Kalisa platform after firm judged Harvey and Legora too expensive.
  • ·~80% adoption across legal and business services teams within months of launch.
  • ·Third-way build approach: not building from scratch and not buying off-the-shelf - configuring and extending a vendor platform with proprietary knowledge and guardrails.
  • ·Client beta: select clients can access baseline legal knowledge 24/7 alongside bespoke human-led advice.
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