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For centuries, much of humanity’s intellectual energy has focused on mastering the world around us. AI may now force us to confront a different frontier, one we have comparatively neglected: the internal world of meaning, ethics, attention, identity, consciousness, and human flourishing. AI may not simply challenge us to become more advanced. It may force us to become more mature.

Dolly Parton died in Nashville on August 25, midway through ILTACON 2026, as more than 5,600 legal technologists filled the city for a week of demos, concerts, and parties. Notes from a first ILTACON on flash, money, and community, and on what an industry spending like never before might take from a woman who proved abundance and generosity were never a tradeoff.

ILTACON 2026 surfaced a market moving in two directions at once: bringing the model in-house while pouring investment into the context, governance, and economics that make it defensible. From the model wars to the knowledge layer to the numbers behind the business of law, a look at who's positioning to turn commoditized intelligence into outcomes clients will pay for.

Until a year ago, legal tech's goal was to make lawyers faster. This year, a new class of startups is aiming higher—rebuilding legal practice around agents instead of associates. Here’s a look at the founders redrawing the line between legal software and legal services, and why the incumbents may be structurally unable to follow.

Deposition intelligence platform Deposely has rebranded as Litem. Named for the Latin word for lawsuit, Litem’s new identity reflects an expansion from solely focusing on depositions to embedding itself into the full discovery record, from documents through testimony. The pivot takes the company’s product experience in the market and applies it beyond a single proceeding to impact the entire litigation lifecycle.