Software that proposes contract terms, counterparty positions, and fallback clauses during a negotiation, drawn from a library of previously accepted wording.

Described as the software negotiating on your behalf, in a process where the software cannot concede anything, cannot be bound by anything, and cannot sign.

• Authority Implied: Negotiation requires the power to give something up, which the software does not hold.
• Library Bounded: Every position it offers came from wording a human already accepted somewhere else.
• House-Cleaning Reality Check: Like sending someone to haggle at a market with no money and no permission to agree on a price, then calling the trip a negotiation.

The Big Lebowski (1990s) where the Dude is sent to handle a high-stakes negotiation while holding no authority to agree to anything and no real grasp of the terms.

Software that suggests contract positions from a library of previously accepted wording.

“AI-native contract negotiation closes third-party paper without attorney involvement.”

“The tool suggested three fallback clauses from our library, and our counsel decided which one to send.”