In a move designed to localize artificial intelligence for the region’s legal professionals, Arabic.AI and Qistas have announced a strategic partnership to build secure, sovereign AI solutions tailored specifically to the Arabic legal sector. Signed in Amman, Jordan, the agreement merges enterprise-grade infrastructure with deep jurisdictional expertise to solve data privacy and linguistic accuracy challenges in regional law.
Quick Facts
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Integrates Arabic.AI’s native LLM-X and LLM-S models.
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Offers on-premise deployment ensuring strict legal data sovereignty.
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Targets law firms, corporate legal departments, and governments.
Addressing the Shortfall in Arabic Legal Technologies
Across the Arab world, legal institutions face a persistent barrier to adopting artificial intelligence. The vast majority of available AI systems are built around English frameworks and rely on cloud-based environments. This structural bias often strips these tools of the linguistic precision, jurisdictional awareness, and strict confidentiality required for formal legal work.
The partnership between Arabic.AI and Qistas targets this exact vulnerability. By combining Arabic.AI’s native large language models—LLM-X and LLM-S—with Qistas’s specialized legal technologies, the joint venture delivers domain-aware tools built natively for the Arabic legal system.
These solutions are engineered to handle critical areas of professional practice, including litigation, legal research, commercial transactions, and legislative studies.
Prioritizing Data Security Through On-Premise AI
A critical differentiator for this new legal AI framework is its capacity for on-premise deployment. While public large language models present major confidentiality risks for law firms and government bodies, Arabic.AI’s enterprise infrastructure allows institutions to deploy AI securely within their own internal servers.
This ensures full data sovereignty—a mandatory requirement for regulated sectors handling sensitive legal documents. Furthermore, Arabic.AI’s language models have already undergone independent evaluation in international benchmarks, ranking among the top systems for Arabic language comprehension.
“Reliable legal AI requires both language intelligence and legal expertise,” said Nour Al Hassan, CEO and Founder of Arabic.AI. “By combining our Arabic-first AI infrastructure with Qistas’s legal specialisation, we are enabling institutions to work with legal information more efficiently and with greater confidence.”
Nissreen Haram, CEO of Qistas, echoed the focus on practical utility for regional professionals.
“We are excited to offer, through this partnership, responsive AI solutions that legal professionals across the Arab world will genuinely adopt,” Haram noted. “Together, we bring trusted legal knowledge and Arabic-first AI to deliver secure, sovereign solutions designed for real legal workflows across the region.”
About Arabic.AI and Qistas
Arabic.AI is an artificial intelligence company specializing in Arabic-first large language models, specifically LLM-X and LLM-S. The company provides on-premise enterprise AI infrastructure tailored for regulated sectors that require precise language understanding and strict data sovereignty.
Qistas is an Arabic legal technology provider dedicated to building digital solutions for regional legal systems. The company develops specialized tech platforms serving law firms, corporate legal departments, and government institutions across the Arab world.
Source: Wamda
