Willkie Builds Five Proprietary AI Platforms Under OpenAI Collaboration — ISO 42001 Certified

Willkie announced on July 22 a collaboration with OpenAI that accelerates development across its five proprietary Wendell platforms: Wendell Intelligence (enterprise AI interface); Wendell Financial Insights (matter intelligence and financial operations); Wendell Horizon (attorney professional development); Wendell Private Funds Secondaries Platform; and Wendell Class Action Claimant Platform. The collaboration includes firmwide ChatGPT Enterprise rollout and OpenAI Codex integration into the Willkie Works engineering environment. Willkie has also achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification — the international standard for AI management systems — making it one of a small number of law firms with independently audited AI governance. The ISO 42001 certification is a significant competitive and client-communication asset: it is an auditable governance claim, not a marketing statement. Willkie is simultaneously a Harvey Innovation Partner and deploys LexisNexis Protégé — a multi-vendor AI strategy that reflects the emerging law firm architecture: proprietary build layer on top of best-in-class commercial models, governed by a certified management system.