Chicago, State/Province — October 6, 2025 — Leads & Copy — Global legal technology company Relativity has launched Rel Labs, an investment arm and innovation hub aimed at accelerating transformation across the legal data intelligence ecosystem. Through Rel Labs, Relativity plans to deepen its investment in its developer partner community and fund new strategic technology partnerships directly and through The LegalTech Fund (TLTF). These investments will extend RelativityOne’s platform capabilities, enabling legal teams to address emerging legal data challenges.
Phil Saunders, CEO of Relativity, emphasized the importance of an extensible, partner-rich platform in the current AI transformation landscape. He highlighted the company’s commitment to backing bold ideas that strengthen the trusted system of record and advance the system of action within RelativityOne. Saunders noted that Relativity’s strength lies in its community, combining ingenuity with scale to deliver solutions that elevate the practice of law and define the future of the industry.
As part of Rel Labs, Relativity will support legal technology companies at various stages, prioritizing those that help customers and partners tackle challenges in legal data intelligence by extending RelativityOne’s platform, workflows, and AI capabilities. The company plans to invest over $170 million in research and development in 2025 and foster a robust ecosystem, backing innovations that shape the industry.
Relativity will collaborate with TLTF to support promising legal technology startups, providing strategic guidance, industry expertise, and access to its global network. Zach Posner, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The LegalTech Fund, noted that the partnership combines capital and company-building expertise with Relativity’s market reach to help the next generation of entrepreneurs scale faster and deliver real value.
Relativity is also advancing its Developer Program with a new structure launching in 2026, offering differentiated benefits, clearer growth pathways, and elevated developer partners. The program features three categories: Innovators, System Integrators, and Strategic Partners. The company’s community will be highlighted at Relativity Fest, Oct. 7-9, featuring a dedicated Developer Track and sessions with TLTF.
Relativity empowers the legal data intelligence community to organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Its AI-powered platform, RelativityOne, transforms complex data into insights and actions, and is used by corporations, law firms, and government agencies worldwide. Relativity also provides its platform at no cost to academic institutions and organizations supporting pro bono legal work.
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