Quick Take
- Exterro launches AI processing 40,000 documents/hour – 400x faster than manual review
- Agentic AI keeps data secure without third-party transfers, meets GDPR/HIPAA standards
- Platform saves hundreds of thousands in legal review costs with unlimited Q&A included
- Expert agents complete multi-hour tasks in seconds across global legal operations
- Technology expands across forensics, incident response, and privacy governance suites
Exterro Intelligence platform launched August 27, 2025 with 40,000 documents processed hourly, transforming legal workflow speeds for enterprises worldwide.
Exterro unveiled Exterro Intelligence featuring the Exterro Assist for Data capability that processes over 40,000 documents per hour. The platform introduces an agentic AI approach delivering secure, reliable, and auditable results without transferring data to third-party large language model providers.
Revolutionary Speed Transforms Legal Operations
Exterro’s agentic AI framework maintains all data processing within a secure environment, eliminating data transfer risks while accelerating legal review workflows up to 400 times faster than manual processes. The platform can pre-process up to 100,000 documents per hour for queries, while domain-specific expert agents complete tasks in seconds that previously required multiple hours manually.
“With the launch of the next generation of Exterro Intelligence, Exterro isn’t just keeping pace with AI innovation, they’re solving problems for their customers. This is one of the more advanced, agentic AI applications I’ve seen for managing data risks. The agentic approach in Exterro Assist for Data reduces security concerns while delivering faster, more accurate, and auditable results,” said Ryan O’Leary, Research Director, Privacy and Legal Technology, IDC.
Strategic Cost and Security Advantages
The platform delivers unprecedented speed by processing and classifying 40,000 documents per hour, outperforming legacy systems several times over. Cost efficiency includes unlimited Q&A and up to 250GB of topic classification, saving tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in review costs.
Enhanced security ensures data is not transferred, stored, or processed by third-party vendors, with certifications for GDPR, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and HIPAA. Complete transparency provides explicit source references, clear explanations, and comprehensive audit trails throughout every insight.
“While the rest of the industry focuses on using third-party models such as OpenAI as a wrapper for their artificial intelligence, or talking about the concept of agentic AI, we are delivering actual solutions that lower risk, reduce cost and increase speed, security, and control,” said Exterro Founder and CEO Bobby Balachandran.
Global Compliance Drives Enterprise Adoption
The platform maintains strict compliance with international standards, including GDPR, SOC II, FedRAMP, and HIPAA, enabling businesses to deploy across global operations with complete regulatory confidence. By adopting a “human in the loop” approach, Exterro enables customers to maintain complete control over their data and queries, ensuring information never leaves the secure environment.
Exterro Intelligence marks a departure from generic AI solutions, moving toward domain-specific applications tailored for legal environments. The agentic AI framework decomposes complex tasks into smaller, traceable steps with secondary validation before delivering results.
Technology Stack Ownership Creates Competitive Edge
For over a decade, Exterro has integrated AI technologies, including Smart Labelling and Contextual Insights. This advancement marks its evolution into truly agentic AI, where autonomous expert agents manage legal workflows with speed, precision, and traceability.
Exterro’s approach addresses critical pain points in legal technology where traditional AI solutions often lack transparency and security required for high-stakes legal environments. By owning and controlling their entire technology stack, Exterro delivers predictable pricing and consistent results.
Exterro’s development team of over 500 engineers has reimagined legal workflows to deliver fast, verifiable outcomes for complex data challenges. This positions Exterro ahead of competitors who rely on third-party AI services carrying unpredictable costs and security risks.
Expansion Across Legal Technology Suite
The platform will expand across Exterro’s data risk management suite, including legal hold, digital forensics, incident response, and data privacy governance products. Businesses adopting this technology gain immediate benefits in legal review speed, compliance assurance, and cost reduction, meeting rising demand for defensible AI solutions in regulated industries worldwide.
The agentic AI framework represents a significant shift from wrapper-based AI solutions toward purpose-built legal technology that maintains security, transparency, and auditability requirements essential for enterprise legal operations.
