On Tuesday, enterprise legal management (ELM) and contract lifecycle management (CLM) provider Onit released Catalyst Virtual Assistant for Legal Operations, a generative artificial intelligence-powered assistant for in-house counsel.

The virtual assistant is a continuation of the Catalyst brand, which was first introduced in November 20223 with the release of Catalyst for Contracts, the company's generative AI-powered contract management software.

What It Is: Catalyst Virtual Assistant for Legal Operations is a generative AI-powered assistant that can automate tasks within OnitX's Microsoft Outlook plugin. The assistant can populate legal service and contract requests; surface-related matters, contracts, and legal service requests; answer questions based on legal service request, matter, and contract data stored within the OnitX platform; draft follow-up emails and summarize incoming emails; and translate different languages.