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title: "Qanu | Arabic-first AI legal workspace for GCC law firms"
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# Qanu | Arabic-first AI legal workspace for GCC law firms

Arabic-first AI legal workspace for GCC legal teams: cited research, contract review and drafting, and matter documents in Arabic and English.

## The AI workspace for Arabic-first legal teams.

Research GCC law with citations, review and draft contracts, and manage your matter documents in Arabic and English, all in one workspace.

Collaborative AI for exceptional legal teams who work in Arabic and English, without compromising either.

## Security

Your data’s safety is our top priority. Qanu is built to meet rigorous protection and residency expectations for sensitive legal work.

- **Encryption at rest.** Stored documents and metadata are protected with strong encryption so data at rest stays confidential.
- **Encryption in transit.** Connections use TLS so information moving between your firm and Qanu cannot be read or tampered with in transit.
- **In-country hosting.** Keep matter data in supported countries. KSA and UAE available today, with enterprise encryption, access controls, and flexible deployment for sensitive legal workloads.
- **Secure data access control.** Role-based permissions and firm boundaries help ensure only authorized people can view or change sensitive matter data.

## Free bilingual GCC legal templates

Word and PDF drafts in English and Arabic, with drafting notes and links to official sources.

## AI Legal Intelligence, Explained

### What are Playbooks and how do they work?

Playbooks let your team define negotiation rules: preferred positions, acceptable alternatives, and non-negotiable limits. Once published, you can run any document against those rules and get structured findings with evidence tied back to the clause, so review stays consistent across matters.

### How does Qanu ensure the accuracy of legal information?

Every response is grounded in verified official sources for the jurisdictions we cover, including legislation, royal decrees, and judicial materials in our library. Our system requires citations for every claim, virtually eliminating the hallucinations common in general-purpose AI.

### Where is my data stored and is it secure?

Qanu offers enterprise-grade encryption with flexible hosting options, including in-country data residency. Supported regions today include Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with more countries on the roadmap.

### Does Qanu support both Arabic and English legal text?

Yes. Qanu features bilingual intelligence capable of complex legal reasoning in both native Arabic and English. It can analyze documents, search laws, and draft contracts across both languages seamlessly.

### How does the real-time collaboration feature work?

Qanu provides a 'multiplayer' editor where your team can co-author contracts simultaneously. You can see live cursor movements, track changes in real-time, and run AI compliance checks without ever leaving the document.

### How does the versioning system handle contract drafts?

Our smart versioning provides point-in-time snapshots of your work. You can roll back to any previous draft and compare changes across versions.

### Is Qanu compatible with Microsoft Word and PDF files?

Absolutely. You can import legacy .docx and PDF files directly into the workspace. Once drafting is complete, you can export your work into perfectly formatted Word documents, ready for filing.

### How is Qanu different from general AI like ChatGPT?

While general AI often invents legal facts, Qanu is built on a 'Search-First' architecture. It first finds the relevant verified official sources using semantic search, then uses AI to summarize or draft based only on those found facts.