Introducing Legal Torch: Illuminating the Future of Legal Technology

VAIOT_LTD
13 min readJun 10, 2024

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VAIOT Introduces Legal Torch

Today, we at VAIOT are thrilled to reveal the product we’ve been working on: Legal Torch — our revolutionary LegalTech solution set to debut on the European market this year.

Legal Torch promises to redefine the way individuals and businesses navigate the complex landscape of the legal industry, offering innovative tools and accessibility. Our dedicated team is working tirelessly to create a seamless product that will not only meet but also exceed expectations upon its release later this year.

In the meantime, we are pleased to provide you with more features and capabilities that Legal Torch will bring to the legal landscape.

Why Legal Torch Stands Out in the Market

Legal Torch’s platform is designed to cater specifically to Web2 users while seamlessly introducing them to the benefits of Web3 technologies. Our continuous collaboration with Grant Thornton, a leader in advisory services, has enabled us to develop a series of ready-to-use, legally sound contracts. The solution is designed to streamline the contract creation process, making it quicker, more efficient, and effortless for both businesses and individuals.

We recognize the challenges and resistance often associated with adopting new technologies. To address this, Legal Torch is strategically designed to provide a familiar, easy-to-navigate interface infused with the advanced security and functionality of Web3. This thoughtful integration ensures that our clients benefit from the advanced features and security of blockchain technology while maintaining the familiarity and ease of use of traditional Web2 platforms.

As we target the Web2 market as our strategic entry point, Legal Torch will initially launch with AI-driven functionalities for contract creation, gradually incorporating the powerful capabilities of blockchain-based smart contracts. This phased approach is designed to maximize growth opportunities and ensure a seamless transition for users who are new to blockchain technologies.

More details will be revealed in the following articles but for now would you like a sneak peek?

Navigating Legal Complexities with Ease

Legal Torch boasts a modern, sleek interface designed to prioritize user experience. We’ve eliminated the complexities of traditional legal processes — no more confusion on the type of contract you need or managing stacks of paperwork. Our platform offers a seamless and intuitive experience, empowering users to effortlessly create, manage, and execute legal documents.

We understand that every legal situation is unique, which is why we are developing a comprehensive library of customizable contracts that cater to a wide range of legal needs. Whether users are drafting personal agreements, creating business contracts, or navigating complex legal scenarios, Legal Torch will provide the tools and guidance to streamline the process.

We have successfully implemented a variety of essential contracts, and our collaboration with Grant Thornton aims to expand this list significantly. Currently, our platform includes the following delivered contracts, with plans to expand our offerings to 50–70 by the end of this year:

  1. Service Agreement
  2. Non-Disclosure Agreement
  3. Power of Attorney (Special and General)
  4. Loan Agreement
  5. Employment Agreement
  6. Share Transfer Agreement
  7. Share for Share Agreement
  8. IP Licensing Agreement
  9. Agency Agreement
  10. Mutual Introducer Agreement
  11. Waiver Agreement

As we continue to enhance our platform, we are committed to developing and delivering a broader range of contracts, providing our users with the most popular and effective legal solutions right at their fingertips.

A Brand Identity That Embodies Innovation

Today, we are excited to unveil Legal Torch’s captivating visual identity, a design that perfectly encapsulates our mission to revolutionize the legal industry. Our logo, featuring a stylized torch, represents the enlightenment we are driving within the legal sector, illuminating the path towards a more accessible and transparent future.

Legal Torch is dedicated to projecting a modern and trustworthy brand image. Our approachable and friendly tone is designed to resonate well with our clients, ensuring continuity and alignment with our parent company- VAIOT.

In crafting our visual identity, we have harnessed the concept of light as a powerful tool, exploring dynamic shapes. Additionally, we have embraced a brighter and fresher color palette than that of VAIOT, not only to distinguish ourselves but also to appeal to a broad audience universally.

Core Values of Legal Torch

Accessibility

At VAIOT, we believe that access to legal services should not be a privilege but a universal right. Legal Torch is our commitment to making legal advice and resources effortlessly accessible to everyone — from individual clients to multinational corporations — regardless of their prior legal knowledge. We’ve designed our services to be as straightforward and user-friendly as possible, ensuring that everyone can navigate the complexities of the legal world with ease.

Transparency

Trust is the foundation of any legal matter. We prioritize transparent communication regarding our services, including clear explanations of pricing, terms, and the steps involved in each process. Our commitment to transparency ensures that our clients know what to expect at every stage, fostering a relationship built on trust and respect.

Innovation

By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, we are not just following trends — we are setting them. Our use of AI helps tailor legal solutions that are precise and personalized, while blockchain technology ensures these solutions are delivered with unmatched security and efficiency. This approach not only enhances the quality of legal assistance but also drives down costs, making high-quality legal advice more accessible than ever.

Empowerment

We equip our clients with the tools and knowledge necessary to handle their legal affairs with confidence. Whether it’s through our AI-driven interfaces that provide instant legal insights or through resources that educate them about their legal rights and options, we ensure that our clients are well-prepared to make informed decisions.

Discover Key Functionalities of Legal Torch

User Account Management

Ensuring a seamless and secure user experience is at the core of Legal Torch’s functionality. Our platform offers comprehensive account management features, allowing users to effortlessly manage their profiles and access our services. Key features include:

  • User Registration and Login: Users can register using their email and password. For additional security, registration requires confirmation via a code sent to the user’s email. Users can register and log in using their Google, Apple, or Microsoft accounts for added convenience and log in using their credentials.
  • Password and Email Management: Users can change their password and the email associated with their account to maintain security and stay up-to-date.
  • Account Deletion: Users have the flexibility to delete their accounts if they choose to discontinue using our services.
  • Password Reset: In case of forgotten passwords, users can reset their passwords through a straightforward process.
  • Data Editing: Users can edit associated data such as payment details, ensuring their information is always current.

Dashboard Features

The Legal Torch dashboard provides a powerful yet intuitive interface for managing legal documents. Features designed to enhance productivity and organization include:

  • Document Storage: Users can securely store their created documents within their account.
  • Document Categorization: Documents can be categorized into unfinished, completed, and signed, providing a clear overview of their status.
  • Custom Folders: Users can create custom folders to organize their documents as needed.
  • Document Sharing and Notifications: Users can view documents shared with them and receive notifications about shared document activities such as acceptance, comments, and edits.
  • Document Duplication: Easily duplicate documents for quick reuse and modification.

Document Search and Assistance

Legal Torch simplifies finding and creating documents with advanced search and assistance tools:

  • Classic Document Search: Quickly locate documents using our traditional search engine.
  • Template Selection Assistant: Get help choosing the right document template with our intelligent assistant.
  • Suggested Contracts: Receive suggestions for appropriate contracts based on your search criteria.

Electronic Signatures

Legal Torch integrates with leading e-signature solutions:

  • Electronic Signatures: Users can electronically sign documents, with potential integration with DocuSign for added reliability.
  • Qualified Signatures: Options for signing documents with qualified electronic signatures are also available.

Contract Creation and Editing

Legal Torch streamlines the contract creation process with user-friendly tools:

  • Form-Based Drafting: Complete document drafts using forms with various question types (open, single-choice, YES/NO, multiple-choice).
  • Editable Documents: Users can freely edit filled documents to ensure accuracy and completeness.
  • Auto-Saving: Agreements are automatically saved to the user’s account.
  • PDF Downloads: Completed agreements can be downloaded in PDF format.
  • Progress Tracking: A progress bar helps users track their progress in completing drafts.
  • Form Information Transfer: Automatically transfer information from forms to the agreement draft.
  • Undo Edits: Users can go back and edit information during the drafting process.

AI Legal Assistant

Our AI Legal Assistant is designed to provide real-time support and enhance user experience:

  • Chat Window: Users can open and close a chat window with the assistant.
  • Question Support: Ask questions and receive immediate assistance.
  • FAQ Integration: Access the three most frequently asked questions related to the current contract for quick guidance.
  • Paragraph Explanation: Send specific paragraphs to the assistant for explanations in common language.
  • Additional Provisions: Add additional provisions based on a database of draft agreements.
  • Contract Summarization: Receive summaries of contracts to quickly understand key points and obligations.

Negotiation Tools

Facilitating smooth negotiations is a key aspect of Legal Torch:

  • Document Sharing: Share contracts with other parties via email, allowing them to view or edit as specified.
  • Guest Access: Other parties can access and comment on shared documents even without an account.
  • Notification System: Receive notifications when the other party accepts contract terms.
  • Change History: Track and save the history of document changes.
  • Version Control: Easily revert to previous versions of documents and visualize changes.

Subscription and Payment Options

Legal Torch offers flexible subscription and payment options to suit various needs:

  • Trial Accounts: New users can register for a 7-day trial with limited document creation.
  • Subscription Packages: Options for 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month subscriptions, with a trial package automatically extending to a basic package.
  • Single Contract Payment: Pay for individual contracts at the end of the creation process.
  • Payment Methods: Users can pay via credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal.
  • VAI Token Payments: Support for payments and Payback in VAI Tokens, with options to claim Payback to the user’s wallet.

Security Features

Security remains a top priority for VAIOT, ensuring that our users’ data and transactions are always protected:

  • Communication Authorization: Secure communication between the application and assistant using tokens to prevent unauthorized access.
  • CAPTCHA Verification: Implementing CAPTCHA to prevent automated abuse and ensure that only legitimate users can access the platform.

By integrating these robust features, Legal Torch not only simplifies legal document management but also ensures a secure, efficient, and user-friendly experience. Whether users are drafting, editing, or negotiating contracts, Legal Torch provides the tools they need to manage their legal processes seamlessly.

A Product with a Real-Life Impact

With users at the core of our developmental strategy, we’ve designed Legal Torch to do more than simply function as a sophisticated tool — it’s set to revolutionize the legal industry.

Legal Torch, a VAIOT innovation, is designed to fully transform the way both businesses and individuals engage with the legal landscape. Our goal is clear: to democratize these services, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their background or resources, has access to affordable and understandable assistance, through seamless integration of AI and blockchain.

So, are you ready to discover how Legal Torch will help us reach new heights?

1. Time Savings with Automated Processes

For businesses, time is a critical resource. Legal Torch automates several time-consuming legal processes like contract drafting and approval workflows. For example, a marketing firm can use Legal Torch to quickly generate and sign client agreements, significantly reducing the turnaround time that would traditionally involve multiple revisions and approvals.

2. Cost Efficiency through Subscription-Based Model

Access to affordable legal services remains a challenge for many. Legal Torch addresses this with its subscription-based model, which provides access to a vast library of legal documents at a fraction of the cost of hiring a lawyer. This model is particularly beneficial for startups and small businesses, such as a restaurant needing to draft employee contracts or a lease agreement without the hefty legal fees.

3. Comprehensive Support for First-time Entrepreneurs

First-time entrepreneurs may lack the legal knowledge necessary to navigate the complexities of starting and running a business. Legal Torch not only provides essential document templates but also offers educational resources and live support to help users understand the implications of various legal decisions. An entrepreneur opening a local bakery, for instance, can learn about and set up business structures, employment laws, and health compliance through guided assistance from Legal Torch.

4. Customization for Startups

Tech startups often face unique legal challenges, from protecting intellectual property to securing venture capital. Legal Torch allows for high customization of legal documents to suit specific industry needs. For instance, a startup can tailor non-disclosure agreements to protect proprietary technology during investor pitches, ensuring that their innovations remain confidential.

These examples highlight just a few of the many ways users can benefit from Legal Torch. In the next articles, we will dive deeper into additional benefits and use cases, further exploring how Legal Torch can meet the specific needs of various sectors and individual scenarios.

A Vision for the Future

Our vision extends beyond immediate functionalities to a future where Legal Torch becomes an indispensable asset for individuals and businesses navigating legal complexities with confidence and ease.

Here’s a glimpse of what we envision for the future of Legal Torch and its seamless integration with VAIOT’s ecosystem.

Seamless Integration with VAIOT’s Ecosystem

Legal Torch is designed to bridge the gap between traditional and decentralized technologies, guiding Web2 users into the benefits of Web3 with a phased and user-centric approach. This integration is not just a technical merger but a strategic alignment to ensure users experience the full potential of both worlds seamlessly.

Phased Approach for Maximum Growth

AI-Driven Entry Point

Our initial focus is on providing AI-driven functionalities for contract creation, offering users a familiar and intuitive experience. This phase aims to build user confidence and familiarity with the platform, simplifying complex legal tasks through intelligent automation.

Gradual Introduction of Web3 Functionalities

As users grow comfortable with the AI features, we will progressively introduce advanced Web3 functionalities. This phased approach ensures a smooth transition, allowing users to gradually explore and adopt the transformative benefits of blockchain technology without feeling overwhelmed.

Key Web3 Functionalities:

  • Blockchain Contracts: Secure, self-executing contracts that automate agreement enforcement, reducing the reliance on intermediaries and enhancing trust and efficiency.
  • zk-SNARKs Certificates: Utilizing zero-knowledge proofs to enhance privacy, these certificates enable verification of information without revealing underlying data, ensuring confidentiality and security.
  • VAI Payback System: This feature incentivizes user engagement and transactions, fostering community growth and platform adoption through a rewards system.
  • Decentralized Dispute Resolution System (DDRS): Aimed at providing a fair and transparent mechanism for resolving disputes, the DDRS leverages decentralized principles to enhance the integrity and impartiality of dispute resolution processes.

Decentralized Dispute Resolution System by VAIOT

In addition to the core functionalities of Legal Torch, we are making significant progress in developing our own decentralized dispute resolution system (DDRS). This innovative system aims to complement the VAIOT ecosystem by providing a fair, transparent, and efficient mechanism for resolving disputes arising from legal agreements. While the DDRS is still in development, we are committed to integrating it into Legal Torch’s functionalities in the future, further enhancing the platform’s capabilities and empowering users with a comprehensive suite of legal tools.

Scalable and Adaptable Solutions

As VAIOT’s ecosystem grows, so too will the capabilities of Legal Torch. We are committed to continuous improvement, incorporating user feedback and the latest technological advancements to expand our offerings. Whether it’s adding new contract templates, enhancing AI functionalities, or integrating with key Web3 VAIOT functionalities, Legal Torch is designed to scale and adapt to meet the evolving needs of our users.

Our commitment to a user-friendly transition ensures that everyone, from individual clients to large corporations, can access sophisticated, secure, and efficient legal solutions. As we prepare to launch Legal Torch as a fully functional product by the end of this year, we are excited to lead the way in making an accessible and intuitive product for everyone.

The Road Ahead

In the coming weeks, we will be sharing more details about Legal Torch’s comprehensive business model, real-world use cases, and the transformative impact it will have on the legal industry. Stay tuned for a series of articles and updates that will delve deeper into the features, benefits, and strategic vision behind this game-changing product.

The unveiling of Legal Torch marks a significant milestone not only for VAIOT but for the entire legal industry. We are on the cusp of a new era, where technology and the legal industry converge to create a more accessible, efficient, and transparent future.

We invite you to join us on this journey as we redefine the boundaries of what’s possible in the realm of legal technology. Stay connected with us through our official channels, and be among the first to witness the power of Legal Torch when it launches later this year.

Together, let’s illuminate the path towards a brighter future for legal landscape.

About VAIOT

VAIOT offers a portfolio of blockchain-based AI Assistants and on-chain Intelligent Contracts for businesses and consumers to provide automated services and transactions. Faster, easier, and affordable.

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