Eudia, a Palo Alto–based AI startup, is offering something entirely new: the world’s first AI-augmented law firm. Its end goal is nothing less than the death of the billable hour that, according to CEO Omar Haroun, has gotten entirely out of hand. “Most legal departments have lost control of their budgets and their knowledge,” Haroun said in a press release announcing the launch of Eudia Counsel, which he called “the first AI-native law firm.” He said it was built to help companies regain control of their knowledge.
The company has fought hard behind the scenes to bring this law firm to light, Haroun said in an interview with Fortune at Eudia’s 2025 Augmented Intelligence Summit in New York. Arizona is the only state in the country where a law firm is not required to be owned by lawyers, he said. Even still, there are technicalities. Eudia is not technically set up as a law firm. Under Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure (ABS) program, it’s set up as a company that is a “provider of a law firm.”
