Epiq AI Labs Expands Membership to Over 25 Corporate, Law Firm, and Academic Members for AI Research and Development

Epiq AI Labs has added new members from corporations, law firms, and academic institutions to advance the creation and adoption of agentic AI in the legal industry. The group includes experts from Steptoe, IBM, Cornell University, Orrick, and Microsoft, among others. Epiq AI Labs is focused on solving complex technology challenges and developing innovative AI solutions for corporate legal and law firm work. The group is organized into three subgroups, including the AI Strategy Group, Industry Partners Group, and Scientific and Academic Group.

Epiq AI Labs, a leading initiative in the legal tech sector, has announced the addition of eight new high-profile members, bringing its total membership to over 25. The new members, hailing from corporations, law firms, and academic institutions, are joining Epiq AI Labs to advance the creation and adoption of agentic AI in the legal industry.

Among the new members are Stephen Aschettino, Partner at Steptoe; Stacey Blaustein, Counsel in Corporate Litigation at IBM; Ron Brachman, Co-Director and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University; Wendy Curtis, Chief Innovation Officer at Orrick; Matthew D'Amore, Professor of the Practice in the LLM program at Cornell Tech; Stephen Dooley, Director of Electronic Discovery and Litigation Support at Sullivan & Cromwell; Eduardo Kassner, Chief Data & AI Officer at Microsoft Corporation; and Daryl Shetterly, Managing Director at Orrick Analytics.

Epiq AI Labs is focused on solving complex technology challenges and developing innovative AI solutions for corporate legal and law firm work. The group is organized into three subgroups: the AI Strategy Group, the Industry Partners Group, and the Scientific and Academic Group.

The AI Strategy Group helps shape Epiq AI Labs' research initiatives and advises on regulatory compliance, ethical considerations, and AI governance frameworks. The Industry Partners Group gains early access to test new AI features and co-innovate within the Epiq AI Labs community. The Scientific and Academic Group contributes to AI advancements by working with real-world data and business challenges.

Epiq AI Labs places a strong emphasis on education, grounding emerging developments in objective, scientific reality through benchmarks and studies. The group aims to provide realistic projections on the trajectory of these technologies and contextualize them within frameworks the industry already understands and increasingly accepts.

The concept of Epiq AI Labs was born out of the initial collaboration between Igor Labutov, Head of Epiq AI Labs, Bishan Yang, Head of Product, and industry-leading practitioners at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. The lab is focused on solving priority legal use cases and informing the development of Epiq agentic AI solutions.

Corporations and law firms can leverage Epiq AI Discovery Assistant™, available in the Epiq Service Cloud platform, to simultaneously review data for issues, privilege, and responsiveness. The assistant automates more than 80 percent of traditional eDiscovery processes and completes reviews up to 90 percent faster than traditional TAR or linear review, with up to 4000x throughput, including for large and complex datasets.

Epiq AI Labs is a significant development in the legal tech sector, reflecting a growing trend of AI adoption in corporate legal departments and law firms. The addition of these new members underscores Epiq's commitment to driving meaningful leaps in legal service efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility through AI.

References:
[1] https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-us/resource-center/news/epiq-ai-labs-announces-new-corporate-law-firm-and-academic-members
[2] https://legaltechnology.com/2025/08/06/epiq-announces-eight-new-high-profile-members-of-epiq-ai-labs/