DONNA is a workflow automation platform for senior lawyers that eliminates the time‑consuming coordination of legal tasks. Users speak their instructions, and DONNA routes the work to the appropriate person, system, or AI—using interchangeable models that meet privilege requirements—before returning the completed output for final review and signing.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Senior lawyers spend a significant portion of their week coordinating legal tasks—gathering inputs, chasing updates, and moving documents between multiple tools—while maintaining the need to preserve client confidentiality and legal privilege.
Solution
DONNA is a workflow automation platform that lets senior lawyers issue spoken instructions, which the system routes to the appropriate person, system, or AI model. The platform uses interchangeable AI models that meet privilege requirements, ensuring that privileged information never leaves a secure environment. Each delegated step is logged, signed with a cryptographic hash, and auditable, providing a replayable record that satisfies emerging regulatory obligations such as the EU AI Act. The final output is returned to the lawyer for review and electronic signing, allowing them to retain judgment while eliminating manual coordination.
Target Audience
Primary users are senior partners and senior associates in large law firms and corporate legal departments who manage complex, privileged workflows and require secure, auditable automation.
Features
- Voice-driven task initiation that captures lawyer instructions without manual entry
- Dynamic routing engine that directs work to internal staff, external systems, or self‑hosted AI models based on privilege compliance
- Swappable AI model architecture allowing firms to select or update models that meet legal privilege standards
- End‑to‑end audit chain with SHA‑256 signing of each delegated decision for transparent, replayable compliance records
- Integrated electronic signing workflow that returns completed outputs for final lawyer approval
- Compatibility with existing legal tools via connectors, avoiding the need to replace current software stacks