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Matter Intelligence

Every matter,its own intelligence.

Pivot gives every legal matter a system of its own. It holds the evidence, remembers the reasoning, and does the work alongside your team.

Problem

AI guesses.Legal matters
need proof.

A legal matter is years of evidence and two (or more) sides telling different stories. Generic AI isn't fit for purpose. It fills gaps with confident guesses and can't hold multiple accounts of the truth. On high-stakes work, that isn't good enough.

Law is one of the high-stakes industries now being rewired by AI. The opportunity isn't another chat window. It's the layer between lawyers and the systems they already use, where most of their time is spent.

Thesis

The matter is the computer.

Every matter needs a system of its own, because every matter builds its own intelligence: what each side claims, what the evidence shows, and where they disagree. Our Polyphonic Assertion Ontology™ keeps every account separate and tied to its proof, so nothing is flattened or lost.

That intelligence lives in the matter's own graph, where every document, party and claim is connected. It grows with each new piece of evidence, keeps a record of how every conclusion was reached, and never starts again.

How it works

Three steps to a tested record.

  1. Step 1

    Build the record

    Pivot pulls out every fact and figure, and notes who said it, when, and where.

  2. Step 2

    Check for gaps

    Pivot shows what's missing. Each gap becomes a request in one click.

  3. Step 3

    Compare both sides

    Each side's account stays separate, then sits side by side, so the differences show themselves.

Powered by the Polyphonic Assertion Ontology™

Every claim in the matter is kept separate, linked to its proof, and given one of four states:

  • 01

    Corroborated

    the evidence supports it.

  • 02

    Uncorroborated

    nothing supports it yet.

  • 03

    Contradicted

    the evidence says otherwise.

  • 04

    Unasserted

    it's required, but no one has said anything.

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Payoff

Starting with what doesn't add up.

Pivot does the analysis. The judgement stays yours.

Our first matters are family law financial cases. Pivot checks every figure against the evidence and flags what doesn't match, like Form E saying £4,000 when the bank statements say £9,000.

Security

Every matter is sealed.

Each matter has its own graph, and each firm's matters are kept apart. Nothing moves between cases, and nothing is used to train AI.

AES-256 at rest
TLS 1.3 in transit
UK GDPR
EU data residency
SRA retention compliant
Independently pen-tested

Cost

Frontier-model results, at a fraction of the cost.

And further than general AI on complex matters.

General AI re-reads the whole bundle every time you ask a question, and you pay for every word it reads. Pivot's matter already knows what it holds, so the model only sees what it needs. That cuts retrieval costs by 20 to 40 times.

Because the intelligence lives in the matter, not the model, smaller and open models can do work that once needed the most expensive ones, and the leading models go further still.

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Testimonials

The verdict so far

"Pivot has the potential to transform family law. It tackles what we affectionately call the 'plastic bagger' — the client arriving with receipts and bank statements in shopping bags. The bag has gone digital, but the challenge is the same. Pivot frees legal teams from hours of administrative sifting. "

Joanne Wescott

Managing Partner, Osbornes Law

"Pivot is exactly what the legal industry has been looking for!"

Hannah Markham KC

Head of Family, 36 Group

"Everything in this space is still done manually — it's a giant opportunity, and I love the traction the Pivot team has already made."

Will Shu

Founder and ex-CEO, Deliveroo

FAQ

Questions, answered.

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