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Norm Ai and Microsoft are partnering to bring Legal & Compliance AI to the enterprise, combining cutting-edge AI with deep regulatory expertise to help teams work faster and stay compliant.

Inside Prudential Financial’s journey using Norm Ai to transform marketing compliance at scale—a conversation with Ashley Cheretes and Patrick Vergara on AI, compliance, and scale.

At the Central Park AI Forum, Norm Ai convened a conversation between the SEC’s first Chief AI Officer and former Commissioner Troy Paredes on AI’s evolving role in regulation.

At Norm Ai's Central Park AI Forum, Senator Phil Gramm and Susan Dudley discussed what history reveals about public policy in the AI era, focusing on market dynamism and consumer-friendly regulation.

At the 2025 Central Park AI Forum, former CFTC Commissioners Johnson and Berkovitz explored how a century of financial regulation informs AI policy and the limits of technology-neutral principles.

Norm Ai introduces DDQ & RFP Completion, an AI-powered tool that delivers accurate, verifiable answers to due diligence questionnaires and RFPs—transforming compliance knowledge management.

Since day one, Norm Ai's mission has been to make legal & compliance advice abundant. Norm Law is the first AI-native law firm built for global institutional clients, fully powered by Norm Ai.

Norm Ai opens its London office as a regional hub, providing in-region customer success, Legal Engineering, and partnership support for enterprises operating under UK and EU regulatory regimes.

At the 2025 Central Park AI Forum, Meta's CCO Henry Moniz and Norm Ai CEO John Nay explored the buy vs. build AI debate, emphasizing that enthusiasm to build doesn't guarantee long-term ownership.

At Norm Ai's Central Park AI Forum, government and industry leaders examined AI's benefits through two conversations: financial regulation in the AI era and the infrastructure needed for AI to scale.

Dr. Brian Scholl, founding Chief Economist of the SEC's Investor Research office, joins Norm Ai as Staff Regulatory Researcher to lead risk estimation and build holistic compliance programs.

Norm Ai CEO John Nay lays out his vision for Legal and Regulatory AI agents that follow the spirit of the law in a Stanford Law article: 'Aligning AI Agents with Humans through Law as Information.'

At Norm Ai's 2025 Central Park AI Forum, over 100 leaders from top enterprises and government gathered to explore advanced AI's societal, legal, and economic implications across policy and technology.

Legal Engineering was born out of the recognition that an integration of these different language types was required to push the frontier of providing abundant reliable L&C advice.

A landmark Executive Order expands 401(k) access to private-market assets, reshaping retirement investing. For firms that lead, compliance will be a core value proposition, not a back-office function.

Norm Ai's Legal Engineers—former attorneys from top law schools—undergo intensive LLM training, then build domain-specific AI agent products using an advanced suite of no-code tools.

AI has evolved from software feature to a capital-intensive infrastructure play. Norm Ai is pioneering compliant AI deployment in regulated industries like financial services, healthcare, and energy.

Norm Ai and New York Life Ventures expand their partnership to deliver more adaptive compliance solutions and explore additional insurance regulatory frameworks and AI-driven compliance use cases.

Troy Paredes, SEC Commissioner from 2008–2013 appointed by President George W. Bush, joins Norm Ai as Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Capital Markets Strategy to shape regulatory AI standards.

Norm Ai was featured in Citi's report, Agentic AI: Finance & the 'Do It For Me' Economy, which explores the transformative role of AI in shaping the future of the financial industry.

Norm Ai is forming two strategic advisory bodies of industry leaders to guide the responsible development and deployment of AI agents across highly regulated industries.

Norm Ai announces $48 million in new funding from Coatue, Vanguard, Blackstone, Bain Capital, Citi Ventures, and Marc Benioff, bringing total capital raised to $87 million over the past 18 months.

John Nay and Blackstone's Stevi Petrelli discuss AI in financial services, selling AI to institutions, and why workflow integration, compliance, and data infrastructure are critical to adoption.

Sandi Tillotson, CCO of New York Life, brings 20+ years of legal and compliance leadership to the Norm Ai Regulatory Advisory Board, supporting AI-powered compliance automation at scale.

We're thrilled to announce that Norm Ai has been named to CB Insights' prestigious Fintech 100: The Most Promising Fintech Startups of 2024.

Norm Ai's team blends AI, legal, and engineering expertise to tackle the interconnected challenges of regulatory complexity and AI alignment through purpose-driven Regulatory AI solutions.

Norm Ai converts regulations into AI agents that make dynamic compliance determinations, enabling near-instant comprehensive analyses and empowering teams to understand and improve compliance.

Norm Ai COO Patrick Vergara joined a panel hosted by Schulte Roth & Zabel and FISD, exploring the intersection of AI, data, and compliance in financial services.

Norm Ai CEO John Nay joined a Federalist Society panel titled 'How Does AI Affect Rulemaking?', bringing together law, technology, and policy leaders to explore AI's impact on regulatory frameworks.

Norm Ai hosted a panel on AI Agents and the Law at the NYSE, moderated by John Nay, featuring NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin, OpenAI's Lane Dilg, Gibson Dunn, and Stanford CodeX.

Norm Ai closes a $27 million Series A led by Coatue, with Bain Capital, Blackstone, New York Life Ventures, Citi Ventures, and the family office of former Blackstone COO Tony James joining the round.

Norm Ai earns a spot on the Redpoint InfraRed 100, a prestigious list of 100 up-and-coming private companies in Cloud Infrastructure showcasing the future leaders set to revolutionize the market.

Patrick Vergara, Norm Ai COO, recently attended a dynamic panel hosted by the New York State Attorney General, focusing on "The Next Decade of Generative AI."

In collaboration with Stanford CodeX, Norm Ai outlines how supervisory AI agents can ensure responsible professional conduct in the AI era through an integrated human-machine supervision approach.

Ben Lawsky, former New York State's Superintendent of Financial Services, has joined the Norm Ai Regulatory Advisory Board.

Norm Ai joins the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), the leading organization for fiduciary investment advisers, underscoring our commitment to industry best practices and investor trust.

Norm Ai has built the first Regulatory AI Agent platform, serving Chief Compliance Officers from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, backed by an $11.1 million seed round led by Coatue.
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