US firm
Sullivan & Cromwell
AI advisory powerhouse. AIDA discovery tool plus a new Digital Infrastructure Practice Group.
Proprietary tools and programmes
- AIDA (AI Discovery Assistant)
Built with LAER AI (Cornell/Carnegie Mellon post-doctoral researchers).
- Digital Infrastructure Practice Group
New practice group launched Dec 2025. Has led transactions valued over $1 trillion in AI infrastructure.
What is happening
- ·Major AI deal flow: advised OpenAI (6GW AMD partnership), xAI ($20bn equity financing, Jan 2026), SoftBank ($4bn DigitalBridge acquisition).
- ·Advises OpenAI on the safe and ethical deployment of AI - elite AI client base.
- ·April 2026 hallucination incident: an emergency motion in a bankruptcy case contained AI-generated hallucinations, drawing industry attention to the limits of risk-proof AI use even at the most sophisticated firms.
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