“I’ve been looking at contract review tools formany years, and Ivo was the first one that actually did what it claimed to do, ”Suhayb Ahmed, the Head of Commercial Legal at Canva told us. “That was a realwow moment for me.”
Suhaybhas been leading the charge to build an AI-first legal team at Canva. To him, that means redirecting lawyers’ time to do the work they can do better thananyone else: using their strategic judgment to solve problems. "An AI-native legal team means using AI to handle the high-volume, low-impact workthat takes up so much of our time, so we can focus on what makes us human: applying strong judgment, making decisions, building relationships."
That strategy has changed how Canva's legal team approaches contract review and redlining entirely. Instead of spending time crafting the exact right language, lawyers focus onthe judgment calls that matter most.
"How do we bestprotect our business?” Suhayb notes. “How do we help move the deal forwardwhile still achieving the needs of the counterparty? We can use Ivo to say,this is what our business needs to achieve, so we can focus our efforts on what actually has the bigger impact, and that pays lots of dividends in allowing usto focus our efforts in the right places."
Ivo Beyond the Legal Team
One of the most compellingthings about Suhayb's story is how quickly Ivo's value spread beyond the legal team. For example, when Canva's revenue accounting team needed a quicker way toreview executed contracts for key terms, Suhayb showed them what Ivo Intelligence could do.
"They're reviewingevery single contract for a bunch of terms to ensure that they're recognizingthe revenue in the right way. With Ivo, they can just build a spreadsheet witha prompt for each of the key terms that they're looking for. They've got allthe details that they need and they can then apply the revenue accountingprinciples based on the details that are already surfaced to them."
Advice for getting started with AI
If you’re just getting started with AI, Suhayb has very direct advice.
“Don't wait for the perfect prompt. Just start experimenting and iterate from there and you'll find these amazing solutions that just make your life a lot easier."
