Ghent-based legaltech startup LegalFly has launched a Contract Intelligence platform that applies AI to contracts across their full lifecycle, from drafting and review through to post-signature obligation tracking. The move positions the company to compete with larger legal AI vendors by adding a system of record and continuous intelligence layer on top of its existing legal work platform.
What the platform does
The new tool identifies important terms and obligations within a contract, reviews agreements, and checks them against a law firm's playbook. It then routes contracts and manages the process through to signature. After signing, it tracks expiry dates, notice periods, and other post-execution events.
Ruben Miessen, CEO of LegalFly, said: "The first frontier for LegalFly was making legal work faster. The next frontier is solving a far harder problem, enabling legal and enterprise teams to know what needs their attention, before they have to ask. That's why we've launched Contract Intelligence."
Miessen added: "Already a system of work for legal teams, LegalFly is now adding a system of record for contracts, with a continuous intelligence layer on top. Rather than simply storing agreements after signature, Contract Intelligence continuously understands what's in them, what has changed, where risk sits, what obligations are approaching and what requires attention next."
Company background and client base
LegalFly's AI agents handle multi-step legal tasks including document review, drafting, and regulatory monitoring. Its client base includes the European Commission, Bosch, KPMG, and SAP. The company was founded three years ago by Miessen alongside CTO Kasper Verbeeck, CPO Dennis Montégnies, and CDO Gregory Vekemans. All four founders previously held roles at dating website companies - Miessen, Verbeeck, and Vekemans at Match Group and Plenty of Fish, with Montégnies serving as information security officer at Match Group for over four years.
The Contract Intelligence launch follows LegalFly's July release of Collaborator Access, a tool that lets enterprises use its legal AI within law firm boundaries while legal teams maintain control through company-based parameters. For professionals looking to build skills in this area, an AI Learning Path for Paralegals covers the kind of contract review and management tasks these tools are designed to support.
Broader legal AI landscape
LegalFly's announcement lands during a busy period for legal AI product releases. Last month, Thomson Reuters unveiled its first proprietary large language model, which the company said allows it to move away from the "high inference costs" of typical frontier models. In August, legal AI firm Harvey launched Harvey II, a platform promising more personalised AI work for lawyers with a greater focus on agentic legal tasks.
Why this matters for legal professionals
Contract Intelligence shifts the AI legal tool from a reactive assistant into a proactive monitoring system. Instead of searching for what matters in a contract, legal teams get surfaced alerts about approaching obligations, expiring agreements, and shifting risk - before they ask. For in-house counsel and law firm associates managing hundreds of active agreements, that change in workflow could reduce the missed deadlines and renewal oversights that carry real financial and compliance consequences.
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