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Harvey vs Pactum: AI Legal Assistant or Contract Infrastructure?
Harvey is an AI assistant that helps lawyers research and draft. Pactum is a contract editor that makes every document machine-readable. They sound similar. They solve fundamentally different problems.
June 2026 · 12 min read
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Pactum vs Claude: Why the Best AI Drafting Tool Still Needs a Better Editor
Claude is excellent at drafting. Pactum is the editor where AI output becomes structured, searchable, and permanent contract infrastructure.
June 2026 · 10 min read
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Why PDF Is the Worst Format for Contracts
A PDF is a picture of text. It cannot reliably support AI search, obligation extraction, or automated monitoring. HTML changes that.
June 2026 · 8 min read
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How Banks Can Convert 10,000 Legacy Contracts to Searchable HTML
A practical conversion path for banks with thousands of contracts across departments, all needing searchable, machine-readable structure without operational disruption.
June 2026 · 10 min read
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How Pactum’s AI Detects Obligations as You Type
Six weighted detection patterns scan every clause for mandatory language, deadlines, consequences, indemnities, and restrictions. Here is how the engine works under the hood, entirely in your browser.
June 2026 · 7 min read
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1,000+ Clauses: The Complete Guide to Pactum’s Clause Library
From indemnification to force majeure to governing law, every standard clause a contract needs, with AI guidance on what it does, when to use it, and what to watch out for.
June 2026 · 7 min read
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Zero Data Retention: Why Your Contracts Should Never Touch Someone Else’s Server
Most legal tech platforms store your contract text on their servers. Pactum does not. Here is why client-side processing matters for law firms and legal teams.
June 2026 · 9 min read
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Contract Risk in Mining: Why Development Agreements Need Machine-Readable Formats
Mining development agreements carry royalty schedules, environmental obligations, and government approvals that need structured tracking, not dead PDFs.
June 2026 · 11 min read
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Semantic Redlining: How Pactum’s Track Changes Engine Works
Pactum’s semantic redline engine compares contracts at the word level, showing precise additions and deletions instead of noisy whole-paragraph changes.
June 2026 · 5 min read
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The Case for HTML as the Global Standard for Contracts
HTML is structured, searchable, browser-native, and open. Here is the case for making it the default format for every contract written from this point forward.
June 2026 · 8 min read
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