Your staff is already using AI.
You just don't know which tools.
ShadowAI gives your firm visibility into every AI tool your staff is using across every browser, every endpoint, every person on your team. Deploy it in minutes. Send invitations to your team. See the full picture in 24 hours.
Shadow AI is an industry term.
And it is already inside your firm.
You have heard of Shadow IT. Staff using unsanctioned apps without IT knowledge or approval. Shadow AI is the same problem applied to artificial intelligence. Your attorneys and staff are using ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and others right now. Without your knowledge. Without your approval. Without any visibility into what client data is being shared.
The risk is not hypothetical. When an attorney pastes a client memo into a public AI tool to summarize it, that data has left the building. It may be used to train a model. It has no chain of custody. No audit trail. No way to retrieve it. Attorney-client privilege does not survive that journey.
The ABA is still catching up. State bar associations are issuing guidance. Malpractice insurers are starting to ask questions. The firms that understand their exposure now will not be the ones explaining it to a disciplinary committee later.
Real activity. Real risk. Visible in 24 hours.
See everything. Block nothing.
ShadowAI runs silently in the background. Your team works normally. You finally know what AI tools are active, who is using them, and when sensitive data is involved.
Not all AI use is equal.
Some tools are low risk. Others are sending client data to models that train on it. ShadowAI flags the difference automatically so you know where to act first.
From visibility to governance.
Once you know what's in your firm, you can make informed decisions about what stays, what gets replaced, and what needs a governed alternative.
Large organizations are spending millions on this.
You should not have to.
Shadow AI has become one of the most significant compliance and data security challenges facing organizations of every size. Enterprise security companies have built entire product lines around detecting, governing, and blocking unsanctioned AI tool usage. The solutions work. They also cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to deploy and require dedicated IT teams to manage.
ShadowAI was built on a different philosophy. Law firms do not need enterprise-grade enforcement to start. They need awareness. Know what is happening first. Understand your exposure. Give your team a governed path forward. The firms that do this now will not be scrambling to explain their AI governance posture to a bar committee or a malpractice insurer later.
Enterprise security tools
Detect, block, enforce. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dedicated IT teams. Months to deploy. Built for Fortune 500 compliance departments.
ShadowAI
Detect and inform. Free to start. No IT department. Live in minutes. Built for firms that want awareness before enforcement.
The complete path
Awareness today. Governance with Albi. Full enforcement with Block mode when your firm needs it. One platform, one dashboard, every level of control.
Built for the whole firm. Not just one person.
Up and running in minutes.
Deploy to your firm
Install ShadowAI and send invitation links to your team. Each person installs it on their own endpoint in under two minutes. No IT department required.
Watch the activity log fill
Within 24 hours you will see AI tool activity across every team member who has installed it. Which tools, which users, which events, and which ones carry data exposure risk.
Understand your exposure
Export a report. Review it with your managing partner or ethics counsel. Use it to make informed decisions about AI governance before you are required to explain it to someone else.
ShadowAI monitors browser-based AI tool activity through the Chrome extension. It does not currently monitor AI desktop applications installed directly on a device. For most firms, browser-based access represents the significant majority of AI tool usage.
Start with visibility. Move to governance
when you are ready.
You control the dial.
ShadowAI does not force a single approach on your firm. You choose how much control to exercise and when. Start with awareness. Escalate when you are ready. Every mode is one setting change in your dashboard.
Monitor
Log all AI tool visits silently. Nothing blocked. Nothing disrupted. Just a complete record of what is happening.
Warn
Show users a warning when they visit an unsanctioned AI tool. They can proceed, but it is logged. Your team knows you are watching.
Redirect
Automatically redirect staff from unsanctioned tools to your approved AI alternative. Seamless governance without hard blocking.
Block
Full access denial. No bypass option. For firms that need hard enforcement and complete accountability.
All modes are configurable from your ShadowAI dashboard. You can also set your firm's AI Policy URL so staff see your guidelines when they encounter a redirect or warning.
ShadowAI shows you the problem.
Albi is what you do about it.
Most firms that install ShadowAI discover the same thing: AI is already inside the building. The question is whether it is governed or not. ShadowAI gives you visibility. Albi gives you control. A private, structured intelligence layer that captures your firm's knowledge, protects privileged data, and compounds over time.
No commitment required on either path.
Frequently asked questions
Free firm-wide deployment. See your full exposure in 24 hours.