DTI (formerly DTI Global)
Litigation support firm selling managed document review hours and on-site legal staffing.
On the record
Checkpoint: N.D. Cal. Schulte v. LinkedIn ruling normalizes AI-assisted review, removing a legal-risk barrier
The call
DTI still bills review by the hour while every major rival ships AI review products, with no public countermove as of mid-2026.
DTI makes money by having people read through millions of documents in legal cases to find important evidence. Relativity, Reveal, and TransPerfect have all released AI tools that do this job much faster and cheaper, with studies showing AI can finish in 18 hours what used to take a team 1,100 hours. DTI has not announced its own AI tool or partnership to fight back, and its workforce has shrunk from 3,000 people to 1,000 to 2,000 with no growth, so the company appears to be losing ground. The one thing that could change this is if DTI announces a real AI-powered document review product or a partnership with a strong AI company before the end of 2026, otherwise the company's decline will likely continue.
Why
01
AI pressure: Relativity aiR, Reveal aji, TransPerfect Reef 4.0, eDiscovery AI CaseBot. Generative review tools cut attorney hours 60x, hitting DTI's core managed review revenue at its base. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.
02
Bigger players: Relativity and TransPerfect Legal. Bigger eDiscovery platforms now bundle AI review into existing licenses, undercutting DTI's per-hour billing. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.
03
What protects it. Long-running relationships with AmLaw firms and on-site staffing contracts, but neither blocks AI-priced review competing for the same work.
What would change this call
DTI announces or partners on an AI-native document review product by Q4 2026. Would show DTI is defending its core review revenue rather than losing it to AI rivals.
DTI headcount or office count falls further below current 1,000-2,000 range. Would confirm continued shrinkage of the manual-review business AI is replacing.
DTI is acquired by a strategic buyer or reports a major AmLaw client loss to an AI-native rival. Would show whether DTI's position hardens into decline or gets absorbed.
DTI headcount or office count falls further below current 1,000-2,000 range. Would confirm continued shrinkage of the manual-review business AI is replacing.
DTI is acquired by a strategic buyer or reports a major AmLaw client loss to an AI-native rival. Would show whether DTI's position hardens into decline or gets absorbed.
Key numbers
- Headcount fell from ~3,000 (2014) to 1,000-2,000 now
- AI review: 1,123 human hours cut to 18 (62x faster)
- Document review is 64-80% of eDiscovery spend
Named risks
- Core managed document review revenue directly substitutable by generative AI at 60x labor efficiency per 2026 study.
- No publicly visible AI product, partnership, or roadmap while every named peer shipped one in 2025 to 2026.
- Headcount appears to have contracted from about 3,000 in 2014 toward 1,000 to 2,000 range with reported 0% recent growth.
- Courts increasingly validating generative AI review as legally equivalent to TAR, removing adoption barrier for clients switching away from staffing vendors.
- Private company with minimal public disclosure, ownership and financials since 2018 rebrand ambiguity are unverified.
Rivals, as read in July 2026
| Rival | Direction | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Relativity (aiR for Review) | losing to | Bundled unlimited AI review pricing into RelativityOne from Nov 1, 2025, undercutting staffing based review |
| Reveal (aji) | losing to | GenAI review engine hit general availability Sept 30, 2025 with no-cost access through 2025 |
| TransPerfect Legal | losing to | Launched Reef Review 4.0 AI eDiscovery tools March 11, 2026 while DTI shipped no comparable product |
| eDiscovery AI (CaseBot) | losing to | Released conversational review assistant CaseBot May 11, 2026 |
| Epiq | contesting | Absorbed DTI's eDiscovery tech and brand in Jan 2018 rebrand, remains a larger adjacent incumbent |
Questions people ask
- Is DTI (formerly DTI Global) shipping any AI-powered document review product in 2026?
- No public evidence found. As of June 27, 2026, Stanford's CodeX TechIndex lists DTI as active but no company specific AI product launch or tech rebrand has surfaced in the prior 18 months, unlike rivals Reveal, TransPerfect, and eDiscovery AI who all launched generative AI review tools in 2025 to 2026.
- Could AI replace DTI's managed document review business?
- Very plausibly. A June 8, 2026 Redgrave LLP study found Relativity's aiR for Review hit 88% recall in about 18 attorney hours versus 64% recall and 1,123 hours for a 24 person human team, a roughly 60x labor reduction in the exact service DTI sells.
- Who owns DTI (DTI Global) today?
- Unclear from public records. OMERS Private Equity recapitalized Document Technologies Holdings (DTI) on August 18, 2014 with about 3,000 employees across 29 offices; no public sale, IPO, or new PE sponsor for the dtiglobal.com entity has been reported as of mid 2026.
- Is DTI the same company as Epiq?
- Historically linked but ambiguous today. In September 2016 OMERS and Harvest Partners used DTI as the vehicle to acquire Epiq Systems, and on January 22, 2018 the combined organization formally rebranded entirely as Epiq, yet a company still operating as DTI at dtiglobal.com remained active through 2026.
- Is DTI shrinking or growing its headcount?
- Headcount appears to have contracted sharply. DTI had about 3,000 employees across 29 offices in August 2014 per OMERS; various listings by 2023 to 2026 describe DTI at roughly 1,000 to 5,000 employees, suggesting a substantial decline over the decade with no visible recent growth.
- What is DTI's biggest competitive threat in 2026?
- Generative AI eDiscovery platforms. Relativity bundled unlimited aiR for Review pricing into RelativityOne starting November 1, 2025, Reveal's aji engine went live September 30, 2025, and TransPerfect launched Reef Review 4.0 on March 11, 2026, all targeting the managed review work DTI sells.
Timeline
- 2026-07-20Reporting confirms N.D. Cal. court applied TAR principles to generative AI review in Schulte v. LinkedIn
- 2026-06-27Stanford CodeX TechIndex lists DTI as an active company
- 2026-06-08Redgrave LLP study shows Relativity aiR for Review beating human managed review by roughly 60x on labor hours
- 2026-05-11eDiscovery AI officially releases CaseBot conversational review assistant
- 2026-03-11TransPerfect Legal launches Reef Review 4.0 with AI enabled eDiscovery tools
- 2025-11-01Relativity bundles aiR for Review at unlimited fixed fee pricing into RelativityOne
- 2025-09-30Reveal's aji generative AI review engine reaches general availability
- 2018-01-22Combined DTI and Epiq Systems organization rebrands fully as Epiq
- 2016-09-30OMERS and Harvest Partners use DTI as vehicle to acquire Epiq Systems Inc
- 2014-08-18OMERS Private Equity completes recapitalization of DTI, then about 3,000 employees, 29 offices
Revision history
22 July 2026
First assessed. Little protection left. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.
In the same band
Sources
- DTI Employer Profile
- OMERS Private Equity Announces Recapitalization of DTI (2014-08-18)
- EX-99.1 (2016-09-30)
- Epiq Systems and DTI Rebrand as Epiq (2018-01-22)
- Revenue, Competitors, Alternatives
- DTI Revenue, Funding & Valuation
- Working at DTI (2023-03-14)
- The Secrets Behind Cost-Effective Managed Review Revealed (2026-01-21)
- Better Than TAR (2026-06-08)
- DISCO Cecilia vs Relativity aiR vs Everlaw (2026-04-27)
- Reveal's 'aji' GenAI Review Engine Goes Live (2025-09-30)
- TransPerfect Legal Launches Reef Review 4.0 (2026-03-11)