Icertis Acquires Dioptra to Accelerate AI-Driven Contracting and Push Toward Autonomous CLM

Icertis has announced the acquisition of Dioptra, a fast-growing legal-tech startup specializing in AI-driven contract review and redlining, in a move aimed at strengthening the company’s position as a leader in AI-powered contract lifecycle management. The acquisition follows the launch of Icertis Vera, the company’s next-generation AI engine, and marks a significant milestone in its long-term strategy to bring fully autonomous contracting to enterprises.

The company said the deal comes at a moment when executive appetite for AI-assisted negotiations is rapidly expanding, citing data that more than 80 percent of C-suite leaders are open to deploying AI agents in contract processes. Dioptra’s technology will be integrated into the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform to enhance speed, accuracy and automation in pre-signature contract operations. Its tools include automated playbook creation, first-pass legal review and what the company calls “surgical redlining,” designed to deliver precise, context-aware edits aligned to enterprise negotiation standards.

Icertis CEO Anand Subbaraman said the acquisition brings together complementary strengths, noting that Icertis’ extensive contract data repository provides the contextual grounding needed for more accurate AI, while Dioptra adds specialized legal capabilities. “Their technology and talent will underscore our leadership and enable Icertis to deliver even greater value across the entire contract lifecycle,” he said. Subbaraman added that the combination will help accelerate adoption of Vera by giving legal teams AI that understands both contract intent and organizational policy.

The company emphasized that contract data has historically been dispersed across dozens of systems, creating inefficiencies and limiting insight. Icertis said its platform already unifies contract data into a single repository, enabling AI-driven drafting, negotiation and performance management. Dioptra’s pre-signature agents will extend this framework by automatically generating negotiation playbooks from existing agreements and conducting initial risk assessments on new contracts, identifying deviations from governance standards and summarizing issues for legal teams.

Dioptra co-founder Farah Gasmi said the acquisition aligns with the startup’s mission to deliver accurate and context-rich legal AI. She noted that the company has seen rapid adoption growth throughout 2025 and said joining Icertis will help bring its capabilities to a broader customer base. “Icertis holds the deepest contract context in the industry,” she said. “We are extremely excited to join forces to provide legal teams with the reliable, intuitive, context-rich AI they’ve been demanding.”

Dioptra’s founding team, which includes former technologists from Spotify, IBM Watson and Yahoo as well as academic researchers from Columbia University, will join Icertis’ product and engineering division. Their remit will include expanding AI-assisted drafting features, clause-level automation, agent-driven risk reviews and interactive AI redlining, with the goal of reducing manual workload for legal departments while improving contract outcomes.

Subbaraman said the integration reinforces Icertis’ goal of bridging innovation with governance, positioning the company as a trusted provider of legal-grade AI. He added that Icertis’ financial stability and partnerships with technology leaders such as SAP and Microsoft provide the foundation to continue investing in long-term AI advancements.

With the acquisition of Dioptra, Icertis is positioning itself to push the CLM market toward a future where contracts are drafted, negotiated and managed with minimal manual intervention—an evolution the company says will free legal teams to focus on higher-value strategic work while ensuring every agreement performs as intended.