Finding an answer to a legal question is only one stage of preparing a matter. A lawyer must read the relevant judgment, consider the facts and decide how the material belongs in a draft. Jaipur entrepreneur Aman Sharma has built Xegality around the connection between these tasks, bringing research and document preparation into the same working environment.
According to Xegality’s website, its AI can search Indian case law and court records alongside US sources such as CourtListener and SEC EDGAR. References in the resulting answers can be opened for inspection. This provides a route to information when a matter involves more than one country, while responsibility for identifying the applicable law remains with the lawyer.
The platform also supports questions based on a user’s own documents. A file can be attached, or material stored in Vault can be used to inform a response. This connects a question to the records of the matter being considered. The lawyer can then examine the answer alongside the underlying paperwork and assess whether it reflects the relevant facts.
Vault includes tools for summarising documents, comparing files and identifying passages that may need attention. Information from several documents can also be displayed in a table. For example, a reviewer could examine dates or particular terms across a group of contracts during an initial review, then return to the original documents to check the relevant wording. Keeping the source material within reach matters because a short summary may leave out a detail that becomes important when the final draft is being reviewed.
Once the research has been assessed, drafting can begin. Users can provide information about a matter to start a new document or work from an existing file. The editor offers options to revise text, shorten passages and change the language. The company also describes risk scanning, citation checks and version history, allowing earlier drafts and subsequent changes to remain available.
AI output forms part of this preparation process. Names, dates, facts and legal references still need careful review before a document is used. Software that keeps the materials connected can help organise that checking. The important question is whether a lawyer can understand where a statement came from and determine whether it belongs in the document being prepared.
Harvey and Legora also provide AI tools for teams handling legal research and documents. Xegality is entering the same broad category of work. Sharma’s platform offers an approach that connects research with drafting, stored files and subsequent review. Its competitive position will depend on how well those connections work in the circumstances of an actual legal matter.
For a new startup, the opportunity is to make the transitions between tasks useful and clear. Finding information, understanding it and applying it to a draft involve different decisions. Sharma has brought tools for these stages into Xegality. The practical measure of the product will be the quality of the preparation it supports: work that a lawyer can follow, verify and develop further using the facts of the case.
