Welcome to The In-House Edge

I’m excited to share the very first issue of The In-House Edge, Eudia’s new weekly newsletter built for in-house legal leaders like you. Our goal is simple: to keep you ahead of the curve on the shifts redefining the role of the Chief Legal Officer and the In-House Legal function.

I’m Omar Haroun, CEO and Founder of Eudia. For those who’ve not met us yet, Eudia is reimagining the future of legal work - where lawyers are happier, clients are better served, and legal isn’t treated as a cost center but as a strategic growth driver at the heart of the business.

We believe CLOs are the true catalysts for AI-driven transformation inside the enterprise, and we’re here to equip you with the insights, stories, and strategies that matter most.

Thanks for being part of this journey. We’re excited to build the future of legal together.

Omar Haroun

Founder & CEO, Eudia

Rewriting the Legal Playbook: How the Augmented Intelligence Summit Redefined the Future

Eudia brought 200 in-house legal execs to Brooklyn for its Augmented Intelligence Summit together representing $5T+ in market cap.

The difference: No vendors. No sales pitches. Just CLOs from companies like Duracell, Stripe, and DHL sharing what’s actually working with AI.

Three Transformations That Changed Everything

1. DHL’s Mark Smolik: showed how Eudia’s AI-Augmented M&A model cuts ~$100K in outside counsel per deal, reviews 20+ contracts in under a day with full accuracy, and shifts legal teams from vendor management to leading core deal work in-house.

2. Coherent’s Rob Beard becomes a strategic enabler: with 50+ weekly users of Eudia, Rob’s team shifted from blockers to enablers—freeing lawyers to focus on strategy while AI handles repeatable work.

3. From Renting Judgment to Building Intelligence: Duracell’s Gary Hood unveiled a fixed-price, AI-augmented contracting model that replaces costly outside counsel with faster, predictable, in-house expertise.

Introducing the AI-Augmented Law Firm: Built by and for CLOs

Earlier this month we unveiled Eudia Counsel, the first AI-native law firm, at our Augmented Intelligence Summit. 

Advised by ex-CLOs of Progressive and RBC the firm operates fully under Arizona's progressive ABS framework, allowing tight integration between legal workflow execution and Eudia's AI infrastructure.

Why it matters: In-house legal teams are under pressure to cut costs and manage complexity. Eudia Counsel’s model embeds AI + expert counsel directly into workflows—turning legal tasks into long-term knowledge assets.

The offerings:

• AI-Augmented M&A allows users to analyze thousands of documents, identifying key risks, and generating dynamic issues lists tailored to your transaction.
• AI-Augmented Contracting leverages deal history and playbooks to instantly assess risk and apply redlines - speeding up contract review, boosting consistency, and reducing legal overhead.

Beyond business: We also expanded our AI for Good initiative—investing in access to justice by lowering barriers, supporting small business formation, and partnering with Arizona-based nonprofits.

If you’re an in-house legal leader ready to transform your department from bottleneck to growth catalyst, lets chat: eudia.com/learn-more

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