NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 — Elite, the AI financial operations platform purpose-built for the legal industry, today announced strong early momentum for Data Connect, as firms take a more deliberate and practical approach to improve how financial and operational data is accessed and used across their business.

In just two months, Elite reports that ten firms have adopted Data Connect, including 2 Am Law 200 firms and growing momentum across international and mid-market firms—signaling a clear shift in how the market is approaching data access, moving away from fragmented systems toward unified, real-time data foundations. Some early adopters include Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Colin Biggers & Paisley, and Boodle Hatfield LLP.

With firms citing challenges extracting and reconciling data across systems—and many already investing in AI—firms are recognizing that fragmented data is the primary barrier to making that investment effective.

“We’re seeing a growing frustration from firms that are stuck with fragmented data environments,” Mark Dorman, Chief Executive Officer, Elite. “They want assurance that they can access trusted, governed firm data in real-time, allowing them to move faster, operate more efficiently, and put themselves in a position to realize the full value of AI.”

Data Connect is Elite’s unified data foundation, designed to make financial and operational data usable in real time across the firm. It delivers governed 3E data directly into Microsoft Fabric alongside other firm systems, eliminating the need to build and maintain complex data pipelines. Instead of extracting, reconciling, and reshaping data across tools, firms operate from a single, consistent source of truth—enabling faster decisions, reducing manual effort, and creating the foundation required for embedded AI and automation.

This foundation not only enables better decision-making today but also prepares firms for embedded and agentic AI capabilities in the future.

“Unified, trusted data is what turns AI into real business value,” said Ben Di Marco, Chief Technology Officer, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. “By bringing our financial data into one place, we’ve dramatically reduced reconciliation effort, enabling faster answers, more confident use of AI, and better decisions that drive performance.”

“The ability to respond quickly depends on having data that is accurate and reliable,” said Steven West, Chief Information Officer, Colin Biggers & Paisley. “We believe Data Connect will help improve our reporting and integration requirements and strengthen the operational foundation needed to support future growth.”

“Timely and reliable data is essential to making better decisions at pace,” said David Workman, Head of Business Intelligence and Systems at Boodle Hatfield LLP. “By using Data Connect, we are reducing reporting effort, giving even further confidence in our data, and creating a scalable analytics platform that supports smarter decision-making and long-term operational efficiency.”

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