White Summers Adopts August AI for Corporate Legal Work

White Summers Caffee & James LLP has chosen August as its AI platform to accelerate document analysis, contract review, and M&A diligence.

White Summers Caffee & James LLP, a boutique corporate law firm with offices in Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest, has selected August as its AI platform for legal work. The firm evaluated multiple AI tools over several weeks before deploying August across its entire team in February 2026. The platform supports M&A diligence, contract review, and governance document analysis for the firm's corporate law practice.

The decision addresses specific operational needs in White Summers' practice. The firm handles routine corporate law work, M&A transactions, venture financings, and corporate matters for large and small businesses with international scope.

Implementation Timeline

White Summers attorneys and staff began using August on active client matters within the first week of adoption. The firm created custom playbooks for NDA review, enabling rapid analysis of dozens of agreements for a client hiring in-house counsel.

Partners used the platform's Tabular Review feature to extract assignment provisions, corporate consents, and governing law across investment agreements. This work typically requires hours of manual document review.

Key Features

The firm identified three primary factors in selecting August. The platform allows users to control exactly what documents and sources the AI reviews. It provides cited, verifiable answers rather than generic responses. Users can apply the platform across different practice areas without switching tools.

"Unlike general AI tools that search the entire internet by default, August keeps web search off unless you turn it on," said Rutvik Rau, Co-Founder of August. "This means the AI focuses on your documents and precedents—not random internet content."

The platform's verification system includes citations back to specific passages in source documents. Teams upload specific agreements, governance documents, and precedents, then direct August to analyze only those sources.

Current Usage

White Summers is using August for multiple workflows. The team adopted the platform for refining client communications and generating cover summaries for draft agreements. The firm is exploring August's Microsoft Word integration to modify precedents and apply changes directly in working documents.

The firm's adoption strategy focuses on specific pain points like NDA review and document comparison before expanding to broader use cases. This approach targets concrete workflows rather than abstract capabilities.

Platform Design

August's architecture differs from general AI tools in document handling. The system analyzes user-uploaded materials rather than internet content. Every answer includes source citations for verification.

The platform supports document analysis, contract review, and drafting workflows. It functions across multiple practice areas within a single interface.

"The team was particularly drawn to August's ability to control exactly what documents and sources the AI reviews, get cited, verifiable answers rather than generic responses, and use the platform across different practice areas without switching tools," Rau said.

About August

August is an AI platform designed for legal work. The company develops tools for document analysis, contract review, and legal drafting with built-in citation and verification features.