ALREADY IN USE.
In the 2026 Legal Industry Report, 69 percent of legal professionals personally used generative AI, while 54 percent said their firm provided no training and had no plans to. Usage is moving faster than firm policy.
FOR LAW FIRMS
Your lawyers are already using AI.
The question is whether the firm controls where client files go and how the work gets checked. Put an approved tool on the firm’s own network.
01PRIVILEGE STAYS INSIDE
02NO CLOUD ACCOUNT
03$0 TO ADD A LAWYER
FROM $14,500 INSTALLEDFIRST YEAR OF MANAGED CARE INCLUDEDINSTALLED ON SITE ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON DC
01 / WHY LOCAL
THE FIRM NEEDS CONTROL.
PUBLIC CLOUD / EXTERNAL
CLIENT FILES.
ABA Opinion 512 requires a fact-specific evaluation of the client, matter, task, and tool. A local machine does not erase that duty. It gives the firm a controlled place to work and a system its lawyers can actually supervise.
THE CHECK.
Leading legal research products still hallucinated in Stanford’s benchmark. The duty to verify every authority remains with the lawyer. The Node is for controlled drafting and file analysis, not unquestioned legal research.
PRIMARY SOURCESABA / 2026 INDUSTRY REPORT ABA / FORMAL OPINION 512 STANFORD / LEGAL RAG STUDY
02 / EXAMPLES
TWO COMMON JOBS
Thursday, 6:40 PM.
The deposition ran long and the summary is due tomorrow. An associate has four hundred pages of transcript and a folder of exhibits. A public chatbot could make the first pass, but the firm has not approved that account for client files.
With a Node in the server closet, the associate loads the transcript into a machine on the firm’s network. The summary and exhibit index come back, and the associate leaves before nine. The files stay inside the firm.
Monday, 9:05 AM.
Six leases contain different versions of the same escalation clause. A staff member asks the Node to build a tool that reads all six and prints a comparison table. Twenty minutes later, the tool is working on the shared drive.
The staff member who requested it is not a programmer.
Both jobs stay on the firm’s network.
THE CARRIER
WHAT INSURERS ASK
Legal malpractice applications now ask whether the firm permits AI to draft documents and request an explanation when the answer is yes.
A firm with a Node can answer plainly: drafting happens on a sealed machine inside the firm, client files do not go to an AI vendor, and lawyers remain responsible for review.
“Allow the use of Artificial Intelligence software to draft documents. If checked, please attach description.”
AMTRUST LPL APPLICATION, FORM LPLPRO-APP-01
03 / WHAT YOU GET
THE NODE
A sealed machine on your own network, configured and maintained by Splay inside your firm. Staff use it to draft and compare agreements, summarize depositions and discovery, write the small tools nobody budgets for, and search every matter file you could never upload.
It needs no cloud account and no internet connection, and nobody pays per seat. We maintain the machine without ever holding your files. The whole setup is written down, step by step; any competent IT shop could run it without us.
04 / WHAT IT DOES
DOCUMENTS, SOFTWARE, AND SEARCH.
A Node runs an AI model inside your building. Staff use it to draft documents, build small tools, and search files that cannot go to a public service.
WORKING SOFTWARE
Staff describe a small tool in plain English. The Node writes the code, and the tool runs on your network.
WEB PAGES
Intranet pages, forms, and working dashboards built from a plain description.
DOCUMENTS
Proposals, compliance matrices, SOPs, contract reviews, letters, and summaries in your templates.
DRAWINGS AND PHOTOS
A vision model can read scanned drawings and photos of parts.
Every Node supports the same types of work. Larger machines handle more users, larger models, or faster answers. The pilot lets you test one with your own work.
05 / THE MACHINES
THE MACHINES
Five standard machines and one custom build. Each runs on your network with no path to the internet. Hardware, capacity, and prices are listed on every card.
63MODEL SCORE / BEST CLOSED MODEL = 100
- MODEL
- MINIMAX-M2.7
- HARDWARE
- DGX SPARK, 128GB
- SERVES
- 1-15 STAFF
$14,500 INSTALLEDYEAR 1 CARE INCLUDED, THEN $600/MO
ASK ABOUT 01 67MODEL SCORE / BEST CLOSED MODEL = 100
- MODEL
- DEEPSEEK V4 FLASH
- HARDWARE
- 2X SPARK, LINKED, 256GB
- SERVES
- 16-30 STAFF, TWO MACHINES
$32,500 INSTALLEDYEAR 1 CARE INCLUDED, THEN $900/MO
ASK ABOUT 02 85MODEL SCORE / BEST CLOSED MODEL = 100
- MODEL
- GLM-5.2
- HARDWARE
- 4X SPARK, LINKED, 512GB
- SERVES
- 1-10 STAFF ON GLM-5.2, OR 60 SPLIT
$59,500 INSTALLEDYEAR 1 CARE INCLUDED, THEN $1,200/MO
ASK ABOUT 03 73MODEL SCORE / BEST CLOSED MODEL = 100
- MODEL
- MINIMAX-M3
- HARDWARE
- 4X RTX PRO 6000, 384GB
- SERVES
- 15-75 STAFF, FAST
FROM $129,500 INSTALLEDYEAR 1 CARE INCLUDED, THEN $1,500/MO
ASK ABOUT 04 85MODEL SCORE / BEST CLOSED MODEL = 100
- MODEL
- GLM-5.2, BEST OPEN MODEL
- HARDWARE
- DGX STATION GB300, 748GB
- SERVES
- 15-75 STAFF
FROM $195,000 INSTALLEDYEAR 1 CARE INCLUDED, THEN $2,500/MO
ASK ABOUT 09 If the listed machines do not fit your workload, Splay can build one to order. Memory, speed, and models are set after a call and quoted in writing.
BY INQUIRYSIZED TO YOUR WORK / SCOPED ON A CALL
ASK ABOUT NODE X 01START
NODE 01 serves 1-15 staff.
02JOIN
A second Spark and one cable turn NODE 01 into NODE 02.
03GROW
Two more make NODE 03. Nothing is replaced or migrated.
04CREDIT
What you paid counts in full from NODE 01 through NODE 03.
NODE 03 is built for more users. NODE 04 is built for faster answers. NODE 04 uses four RTX PRO 6000 cards, each with 1,792 GB/s of memory bandwidth. One Spark has 273 GB/s. Both can run GLM-5.2.
The firm places one order. There are no usage charges or per-seat fees. Spark machines upgrade by joining, and what you paid credits in full from NODE 01 through 03. Credits toward NODE 04 and 09 are set by quote.
MODEL LEDGER / JULY 2026
Pick a model. See where it lands.
Published open models against the machines. The verdict is arithmetic over each model's published size and each machine's installed memory, nothing else. The flag is the developer's home country.
NODE 01 / 128GBNO FIT
NODE 02 / 256GBNO FIT
NODE 03 / 512GBQ4
NODE 04 / 384GBQ3
NODE 09 / 748GBQ4
The estimate covers the model itself plus 5% overhead; working memory is extra. Sizes are the published figures.
Model score: best closed model = 100 on the Artificial Analysis index, July 2026. Raw scores 38, 40, 51, 44, 51 against the best closed model's 60. Model fit includes 5% overhead; working memory is extra. NODE 04 and 09 are built to order: 50% deposit, quotes hold 30 days. Prices subject to change.
06 / COST
COST COMPARISON
THE QUESTIONSPLAY NODELEGAL AI SERVICEPUBLIC AI TOOLS
CLIENT FILES LEAVE THE BUILDINGNOYES, TO VENDOR CLOUDYES, TO VENDOR SERVERS
PRICINGON THIS PAGE, FLATFROM $2,999/LAWYER/YR$25-30/SEAT/MO
SETUPFROM $14,500BY QUOTENONE
COST TO ADD A LAWYER$0ANOTHER LICENSEANOTHER SEAT
Public tools remain fine for public work. Paxton publishes $2,999 a lawyer a year; Harvey routes to a demo request and CoCounsel routes to a quote. A machine alone does not discharge your ethical duties.
LAWYERS / 10$28,900 / NODE 01 / 3 YEARS
PAXTON / 3 YEARS$89,970
HARVEY / COCOUNSELBY QUOTE
07 / PRICING
FULL PRICE LIST
These are Splay's current published prices.
THE CLEAN ROOM
A sealed enclave built inside your firm: its own walled-off network, a bay for your Node, screens that can view but never copy, and a documentation pack for client security questionnaires.
$25,000 TO 10 SEATS$45,000 TO 25 SEATSFixed price; the machine is priced separately. You own it, and your IT runs it with our manual.
SERVICES
- PILOT, 30 DAYS
- $2,000*
- READINESS SURVEY
- $2,400*
- EXEC BRIEFING
- $1,500
- COURSE, HALF DAY
- $2,400
- COURSE, FULL DAY
- $5,500
- ONBOARDING
- FROM $4,500
- CUSTOM MODEL
- FROM $12,500
* Credited in full against any machine. Courses use your own examples. Custom models are tuned on your hardware. Extra on-site work is $2,400 a day.
ON RETAINER
- MANAGED CARE
- FROM $600/MO
- MODEL DROP
- $250/QTR
- AI OFFICER
- FROM $2,500/MO
Model drop: each quarter's best open model, installed and briefed on-site. Included with NODE 04/09 care. AI officer: a standing operator for prompts, workflows, and small tools.
08 / FROM CALL TO INSTALL
HOW IT WORKS
THE CALL
A 20-minute call about your network, staff, and work.
THE SURVEY
A readiness survey at your facility. $2,400, credited in full against any machine.
THE PILOT
A pilot machine on your bench for 30 days. $2,000, credited in full. Then you decide.
A fleet of four pilot machines exists. Every machine is a copy of one documented setup, with a step-by-step manual; any competent IT shop could run it without us.
09 / FAQ
QUESTIONS
Will it make up citations?
Any model can, and the dedicated legal tools are not immune: Stanford's 2024 benchmark measured hallucination rates of 17 to 34 percent in the leading AI research products. The duty to check authority stays with the lawyer, on every tool. What a Node changes is where the work happens: drafts and client files stay inside the firm.
Do we need client consent to use it?
Not automatically. ABA Opinion 512 says the analysis depends on the client, matter, task, and tool. It requires informed consent before representation information enters a self-learning tool that may expose it to others. A Node is not self-learning and sends nothing to a third party. Your ethics counsel still decides what belongs in the engagement letter; we put the machine's architecture in writing for that conversation.
Can it write software?
Yes. Staff describe a tool in plain English and the machine writes the code. It works best for small internal tools and scripts. Large production systems still need a software team. The pilot lets you test it with your own work.
Who runs it after the install?
Your IT does, with our manual. Every machine is a copy of one documented setup. If you would rather we watch it, managed care starts at $600 a month and year one is included with every machine.
What happens if Splay disappears?
You own the machine outright, and the whole setup is written down, step by step. Any competent IT shop could run it without us.
Can we try it before we buy it?
A pilot machine sits on your bench for 30 days for $2,000, credited in full against any machine. So is the $2,400 readiness survey.
What does it cost to add a seat?
$0. The machine is the cost. NODE 01 serves 1 to 15 staff; when you outgrow a machine you buy the next machine, not the next license.
How many people can use it at once?
Each person uses the Node over your network. What limits a machine is how many answers it writes at the same time. NODE 01 is bench-measured at ten simultaneous conversations. Larger machines serve more people, and Splay sets the working memory during installation so the machine stays responsive.
What happens when we outgrow it?
You add machines. A second Spark turns NODE 01 into NODE 02; four Sparks make NODE 03. What you paid is credited in full from NODE 01 through NODE 03. Credits toward NODE 04 and NODE 09 are set by quote.
Do you see our data?
No. The machine has no path out to the internet, and your files stay in your building. Custom models are tuned and tested on your hardware, and support visits happen on-site, at the rate on the card.
Why are your prices public?
So buyers can compare the machines before a call. Model scores come from a public index, and the raw scores are printed on the page. Every price carries its edition date: July 22, 2026.
10 / CONTACT
TALK TO SPLAY
Splay is based in Stafford, Virginia, and installs on site across Northern Virginia—including Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William—and Washington, DC. Start with a 20-minute call.