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A law firm sets aside $500M to build its own tools

development2026-05-29

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Kirkland & Ellis set aside $500 million to build its own AI tools rather than rent its rivals', while Meta began charging for AI features for the first time at $7.99 a month.

Reported metric: $500M

Reporting date: 2026-05-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 29, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A law firm sets aside $500M to build its own tools
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-05-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-29-a-law-firm-builds-rather-than-rents
Claim: Kirkland & Ellis set aside $500 million to build its own AI tools rather than rent its rivals', while Meta began charging for AI features for the first time at $7.99 a month.
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- Welcome to May 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-29-2026
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