When European legal giant CMS announced it was developing its Noxtua AI large language model a year ago, the AI market looked much more robust than it does now, just days after Chinese-developed, low-cost DeepSeek AI emerged as a potential rival to Silicon Valley models and stripped $1 trillion off tech stocks.

While the AI David vs big tech Goliath battle takes place across the Pacific Ocean, CMS IT partner Markus Kaulartz sees Noxtua fighting in an entirely different league in Germany, with its strength rooted in its legal specialisation and compliance. Lawyers can use Noxtua to analyse legal documents, check compliance, reformulate texts, and generate summaries.