Smokeball Archie: The Agentic AI Workflow Model for Mid-Sized and SMB Firms

Smokeball's next-generation Archie AI platform — shipping this week — delivers the agentic workflow model that mid-sized firms have seen deployed at BigLaw for a fraction of the implementation cost. Archie applies reasoning over the full matter context — documents, emails, tasks, invoices — and surfaces relevant next steps with source attribution before lawyers ask. It embeds directly in Microsoft Word (playbook-based clause review, matter-contextual drafting) and Microsoft Outlook, integrating with Smokeball's native workflow to allow it to act on context across the full matter lifecycle without requiring users to navigate a separate AI interface. Critically, Archie recognises legal questions and retrieves relevant legal research from LawY, integrating external legal authority with internal matter context in a single interface. For managing partners at mid-sized firms, Archie is the reference model for what AI-native matter management looks like at their scale: matter context becomes the AI substrate, and the practice management system becomes the knowledge layer. Firms still relying on standalone AI tools that require manual context provision will be operating at a material disadvantage against competitors whose AI can see the full matter history.