❯ OpenAI launches Astra for Law, pairing GPT-6 Astra with 230 million U.S. legal sources

Vertical productOpenAI launched Astra for Law, combining GPT-6 Astra with a legal-search index spanning U.S. case law, statutes, court rules and administrative decisions. Initial access is limited to select law firms for contract review, deal investigations and legal drafting.

ToolingOpenAI said the product includes 26 partner-built plugins and 47 community plugins, with data privacy treated as a core feature. This is more than a new prompt for a general-purpose model: retrieval sources, legal-analysis instructions and a firm’s existing tools sit in one workflow.

Procurement testFirms will look beyond accuracy to ask whether citations are traceable, client data is isolated and lawyers can review faulty conclusions. A limited initial rollout also gives OpenAI room to tune permissions and audit controls in a high-liability setting.

▪ SIGNALLegal AI competition is moving from raw answers to source coverage, traceable citations and firm workflows.