Built by Engineers Who've Seen What Breaks
Catapult's founders spent years inside complex, high-stakes systems. The kind where reliability and accountability aren't optional. That experience is why Core by Catapult exists, and why it's built the way it is.
Engineer-Founded. Engineer-Run.
We didn't come to AI governance from the outside. Before Core, Catapult's founders designed and operated systems where the cost of failure was real. Financial, legal, and reputational.
The gap was obvious. AI was entering law firm workflows without any of the oversight those workflows already depended on. We built Core because we knew exactly what was missing and how to build it.
That's not a marketing narrative. It's why the product is designed the way it is.
The Philosophy Behind Core
From Tools to Governance
Most AI products focus on what the model can do. We focused on something different. We built the layer that connects AI usage to the systems law firms already use to govern their work.
Core doesn't replace your policies. It makes AI work inside them. Every AI interaction at your firm is tied to a matter, shaped by policy, and visible to leadership.
A policy document is not governance. Core is.
Why Core Was Built
Built from Exposure to Serious Governance
The team behind Core has spent years building products for enterprise clients, organizations where governance isn't optional. Where AI usage is tracked, policies are enforced, and oversight is built into systems by default.
What we observed was a consistent gap. The organizations with real exposure to risk had the structure to manage it. Smaller firms, equally exposed (often more so), didn't have the bandwidth to implement what their larger counterparts take for granted.
Core exists because that gap shouldn't require an enterprise budget or a dedicated team to close.
AI Governance × Catapult
The Infrastructure Layer AI Has Been Missing.
AI is already part of everyday legal work. The question isn't whether your firm uses it. It's whether you can see how.
The firms who win with AI build the right structure around it. Core is that structure.
Embrace the Impact