{"company":{"name":"Ironclad","slug":"ironclad","website":"https://www.ironcladapp.com","category":"legal-tech"},"question":"What has Ironclad shipped recently?","answer":"In the last 30 days, Ironclad shipped 15 tracked updates. The most recent was \"2026 State of AI inProcurement\" on 2026-10-08.","window":{"days":30,"updateCount":15,"returned":15},"generatedAt":"2026-10-08T09:50:45.614Z","updates":[{"title":"2026 State of AI inProcurement","summary":"Ironclad announced a virtual roundtable on October 28 to discuss findings from its 2026 State of AI in Procurement Report, based on a survey of 800+ procurement professionals. The event features procurement leaders from Harvey and Tropic alongside Ironclad’s own insights.","date":"2026-10-08","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"event","signalTypeLabel":"Event","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/webinars/state-of-ai-procurement-2026","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Why Your Contracts Need a Trusted System of Record","summary":"Ironclad argues that most companies lack a single authoritative system of record for contracts, leading to revenue loss and unreliable AI outputs. The article defines what a true system of record requires—version control, structured metadata, access controls, and audit trails—and positions Ironclad’s CLM as the solution for governance, integration, and AI readiness.","date":"2026-10-02","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/why-your-contracts-need-a-trusted-system-of-record","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Ironclad + Accenture: Why Context Makes or BreaksContract AI","summary":"Ironclad announced a virtual event on October 14 featuring a live demo of its new Ironclad Agent, an AI tool designed to analyze contracts with full negotiation and relationship context. Accenture’s Patrick Won will join Ironclad’s Tapan Kamdar to discuss why contextual AI is critical for contract intelligence.","date":"2026-09-30","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/webinars/ironclad-agent-launch","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"2026 Forrester Research: Why most enterprises aren’t using CLMs to their full potential","summary":"A Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Ironclad found 62% of enterprises use CLMs but only 43% are satisfied, citing fragmented systems and poor integration. Contracts are increasingly seen as strategic assets, with 60% of respondents viewing them as enterprise-wide drivers of strategy, risk, and competitive advantage. AI is positioned as the key to transforming CLMs from repositories into systems of intelligence.","date":"2026-09-29","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/forrester-consulting-tlp-2026","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"The True Cost of Contract Value Leakage","summary":"Ironclad highlights that organizations lose an average of 9% of annual revenue to contract value leakage due to poor contract management, including missed renewals, unenforced pricing escalators, and unclaimed SLAs. The article emphasizes that leakage stems from ambiguous drafting and post-signature management failures, and promotes Ironclad’s CLM platform as a solution to automate tracking and prevent losses.","date":"2026-09-22","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/contract-value-leakage","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Digital Signatures: Electronic Signature and Clickwrap vs Wet Signature","summary":"Ironclad highlights the inefficiency of wet signatures, noting contracts take 17 days on average to execute, and promotes electronic signatures as a faster alternative. The post distinguishes between electronic signatures, digital signatures, and clickwrap, emphasizing their use cases across legal, sales, HR, and procurement teams.","date":"2026-09-22","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/digital-signatures","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Want to Close Deals Faster? Add a CLM to Your Tech Stack","summary":"Ironclad’s blog post argues that manual contract processes slow sales pipelines and introduces CLM as the missing piece to integrate with Salesforce and CPQ. It emphasizes reduced errors, consistent templates, and visibility into contract status to accelerate deal cycles.","date":"2026-09-18","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/want-to-close-deals-faster-add-clm-to-your-tech-stack","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"How Long CLM Implementation Really Takes","summary":"Ironclad published a guide outlining CLM implementation timelines, emphasizing phased rollouts to achieve first value in weeks rather than months. It highlights common accelerators (AI-powered migration, pre-built integrations) and delays (legacy data cleanup, committee-based approvals), positioning Ironclad as a platform enabling faster deployments.","date":"2026-09-16","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/how-long-clm-implementation-really-takes","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"CLM Implementation Time: What to Expect (and What Slows You Down)","summary":"Ironclad published a guide highlighting that CLM implementation speed depends more on organizational decisions than the platform itself, with teams averaging 178 days to launch their first ten workflows. The article advises structuring rollouts as small go-live moments, prioritizing high-value contracts for migration, and defining clear upfront scope to avoid delays.","date":"2026-09-16","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/clm-implementation-time-what-to-expect-and-what-slows-you-down","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Building a Scalable Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg and Snowflake Horizon Catalog","summary":"Ironclad’s engineering team constructed a production lakehouse using Apache Iceberg and Snowflake Horizon Catalog to serve customers, external tools, and internal analytics from a single governed copy. They reduced compute spend by 60% through optimizations like Gen2 warehouses for high-volume writes, disabling automatic clustering, and adopting serverless tasks for workload isolation.","date":"2026-09-15","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"technical","signalTypeLabel":"Technical","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/building-scalable-lakehouse-with-apache-iceberg-and-snowflake-horizon-catalog","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Why Contract Repositories Are Virtual Goldmines","summary":"Ironclad’s blog post positions its end-to-end AI contract lifecycle management platform as a top-tier solution in a comprehensive guide to legal AI tools. It emphasizes native AI capabilities like automated drafting, redline suggestions, and post-signature analytics while comparing itself to competitors like Evisort and Sirion.","date":"2026-09-15","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/contract-repository","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"What to Look for In Your Electronic Signature API","summary":"Ironclad emphasizes the importance of embedded electronic signature APIs to reduce friction in contract signing, advocating for flexibility, fast integration, and mobile-responsive experiences. The post positions Ironclad’s API as part of a broader contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, contrasting standalone APIs with full CLM solutions.","date":"2026-09-15","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/electronic-signature-api","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Tracking Contract Data to Make Better Business Decisions","summary":"Ironclad argues that most organizations underutilize contract data, which contains critical business intelligence for decision-making. The guide explains how structured contract data can replace reactive legal processes with proactive strategic insights, citing that 36% of general counsel now focus on AI adoption in legal departments.","date":"2026-09-15","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/tracking-contract-data","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Crucial Contract Management Data for Each Lifecycle Stage","summary":"Ironclad argues that tracking contract management data across lifecycle stages—from negotiation redlines to renewal rates—transforms legal from reactive to strategic. The post highlights benchmarks showing 5% faster execution and 6% less legal involvement when data is systematically tracked, positioning their CLM as the tool to centralize and analyze this data.","date":"2026-09-15","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/contract-management-data","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"},{"title":"Manual Contract Tracking: What It Costs and How to Fix It","summary":"Ironclad’s guide highlights that manual contract tracking costs organizations 5-9% of annual revenue through missed renewals, compliance gaps, and inefficiencies. It advocates replacing spreadsheets with structured metadata, automated workflows, and AI-powered CLM tools to improve visibility and reduce risk.","date":"2026-09-10","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://ironcladapp.com/resources/articles/manual-contract-tracking-what-it-costs-and-how-to-fix-it","publisher":"ironcladapp.com"}],"attribution":{"source":"Spyingbee","url":"https://spyingbee.com/updates/ironclad","citation":"Spyingbee, \"Ironclad updates\", https://spyingbee.com/updates/ironclad (retrieved 2026-10-08)"}}