Lets Meet ClauseBase is a legal technology company that enhances the efficiency of drafting legal documents

Company

ClauseBase was founded by three former lawyers frustrated with the tedious contract drafting process. They realized that legal teams and law firms tend to recreate contracts in an extremely labor-intensive way, which drives up the cost of legal services. Typically, the starting point for drafting is an old file — cleaned up by removing old names — followed by a lengthy process of adding, editing, and rearranging clauses. This copy-pasting of clauses from older contracts wastes a lot of time, especially since relevant clauses are often scattered across old files and email chains.

Challenge

ClauseBase needed a way for lawyers to quickly find alternate versions of contract clauses with similar meanings. These variations could differ in tone, length, or specificity, catering to various industries or negotiation contexts. While a curated clause library is ideal, creating one is time-intensive. They required a faster, more automated solution to simplify the process and enhance productivity.

Maarten Truyens, Founder & CEO: “The PostgreSQL and Pgvector combination became noticeably slow with this volume of data, taking several seconds to return results. It was at this point that ClauseBase decided to switch to Manticore Search”

Solutions and results

• By implementing vector search, ClauseBase enabled lawyers to locate similar clauses without relying on manual tagging.
• Each clause was stored as a vector, allowing quick searches for semantically similar content.
• Additionally, a reranking process further improved search relevance by deeply analyzing top results.
• This approach provided contextually accurate outcomes, saving lawyers time and delivering a seamless drafting experience.

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