CUBE’s AI drives Thomson Reuters’ legal platform, unlocking worldwide regulatory data for millions of lawyers.
On 12 November 2026 in London, CUBE announced a strategic collaboration with Thomson Reuters that will embed its expert-checked regulatory intelligence into the CoCounsel Legal platform. The integration links CUBE’s AI-powered knowledge base with Thomson Reuters’ renowned research tools—Westlaw, Practical Law and Reuters content—extending coverage to more than 150 countries.
Legal teams worldwide will therefore be able to query up-to-date statutes, regulations and supervisory guidance without having to ingest, organise, or maintain the raw data themselves.
Scope of the partnership and technical synergy
The newly-formed link allows CoCounsel Legal’s AI agents to converse directly with CUBE’s regulatory AI agents.
When a practitioner poses a regulatory question, the combined system draws on a repository that spans over 12,000 issuing bodies across 750 jurisdictions. Built over fifteen years, the database is kept accurate by a dedicated team of 250 subject-matter experts.
According to the partnership briefing, the joint solution can serve up to one million legal professionals, offering a seamless experience that blends traditional legal research with AI-driven insight.
Ben Richmond, founder and chief executive of CUBE, explained the ambition: “Our ambition is simple: to be the regulatory data infrastructure the world can trust, and to power the products, AI tools and workflows that enterprises rely on to deliver smarter and better-informed outcomes.” He added that delivering intelligence “at the point of need” is the future of the industry, and that CoCounsel Legal’s “Powered By AI agents bring expert-checked regulatory intelligence into the tools that legal professionals already use.”
Performance benchmarks and validation
CUBE performed an internal benchmark in August 2026, testing thirteen regulatory queries spanning the United Kingdom, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. The results showed that CUBE’s “Powered By” agents identified three to four times more essential regulation than two leading AI models. For more nuanced material—such as regulatory guidance, codes and supervisory documents—the gap widened to between six and seventeen times, depending on the comparator model. The benchmark relied on an answer key comprising 1,647 regulatory books maintained by CUBE’s experts.
Thomson Reuters also conducted its own evaluation. Rawia Ashraf, co-head of product at Thomson Reuters Legal, highlighted the necessity for cross-border practitioners to grasp the full regulatory landscape, not just the statutory text. She affirmed that CUBE’s intelligence “extends our already extensive global content reach, giving our customers an even richer and more complete picture of the rules, guidance and regulatory developments relevant to their work.” Both parties stressed that global coverage and data quality were non-negotiable requirements, which CUBE satisfied.
Market impact and adoption
The partnership arrives at a time when regulatory compliance is a top concern for large financial institutions. CUBE’s platform is already employed by 24 of the world’s 29 Global Systemically Important Banks, underscoring its credibility among the most regulated entities. By making the intelligence available through CoCounsel Legal, the reach expands to corporate legal departments and international law firms that rely on Thomson Reuters’ suite of research products.
Beyond the banking sector, the integration promises to streamline the workload of up to one million lawyers, enabling faster, more reliable answers to complex regulatory queries. The combined solution eliminates the need for firms to maintain separate regulatory data warehouses, reducing operational costs and mitigating the risk of outdated information. As the regulatory environment continues to evolve, the partnership positions both CUBE and Thomson Reuters at the forefront of AI-enabled legal research.
The collaboration marks a significant step toward a future where regulatory intelligence is delivered instantly within the workflows legal professionals already use, enhancing both efficiency and confidence in cross-border compliance.
