Centerbase IQ brings managing partners and firm administrators fast, citation-backed, natural language intelligence drawn from their firm’s own billing, financial, matter, and productivity data, without building reports or administrator support.

Dallas, TX, April 13, 2026 —

Centerbase, a leading legal operating platform built for midsize law firms, today announced Centerbase IQ, an AI-powered natural language decision support capability embedded directly within the Centerbase platform. Debuting at the 2026 Association of Legal Administrators Annual Conference & Expo, held April 12–15 in National Harbor, Maryland, Centerbase IQ gives firm leaders fast, visual, source-backed answers drawn from the billing, financial, matter, and productivity data already housed in Centerbase.

For many law firm leaders, getting answers about firm performance still requires submitting a report request, waiting for it to be built, and receiving information that may already be outdated. Centerbase IQ changes that experience by enabling legal professionals to ask questions in natural language and instantly receive visual, citation-backed answers generated from firm data inside Centerbase. The result is direct access to executive-level insight without the delays of manual report building, administrative support, or static reporting workflows.

Whether legal professionals want to review collection rates by practice group, identify attorneys with WIP aging beyond 60 days, or see which matters have deadlines approaching, Centerbase IQ makes those insights immediate and actionable.

The capability delivers a comprehensive view of firm operations, bringing together billing, collections, matter economics, realization, WIP and AR aging, attorney productivity, origination, and docket activity in one place. Firms can also build an internal knowledge base within Centerbase IQ that incorporates their own best practices and performance standards, ensuring answers reflect not only firm data, but also the firm’s unique operating context. The result is a trusted source for evaluating performance, monitoring matters, and running the firm with greater clarity.

Every Centerbase IQ answer includes the source records behind it. Users see exactly where the answer came from, giving managing partners confidence in the boardroom and allowing firm administrators to trace figures back to the underlying data. In a profession where accuracy is essential, that level of transparency is critical.

“Managing partners should not need a help ticket to understand how their firm is performing,” said Michael Dunn, CEO of Centerbase. “Centerbase IQ helps firm leaders get answers they can trust and act on, from the data already inside Centerbase, from billing entries and collections to matters and deadlines. This is a meaningful step forward in how legal professionals unlock business intelligence and make more informed decisions for their firms.”

Midsize firms face a distinct challenge. They are expected to operate with the same strategic visibility as larger firms, with leaner administrative teams. When critical questions go unanswered or deadlines slip by unnoticed, leaders are forced to make decisions with less confidence. Centerbase IQ is purpose-built for that reality.

“AI in legal software has to earn trust before it earns adoption,” stated Scott Cormier, Centerbase Chief Product Officer. “With Centerbase IQ, we are not asking firm leaders to trust a black box. We are showing them both the answer and the source. Plus, the insights are derived in a very precise approach, isolated to only the firm’s own data. Our goal is to provide grounded insights that firms can use to take action.”

Centerbase IQ marks a significant step forward in a broader platform intelligence strategy. The company plans to expand proactive insights, deepen agentic AI to power workflows, and incorporate additional data sources over time. With these advancements, Centerbase continues to lead the modern transformation of how midsize firms manage the business of law.

Centerbase is demonstrating the new capability at the ALA Annual Conference & Expo at Booth 231. For more information, visit centerbase.com/IQ.

About Centerbase

Centerbase provides cloud-based legal software that centralizes all aspects of law firm management, including billing, accounting, timekeeping, matter and document management, automated workflows, and profitability reporting. Designed for mid-size law firms, Centerbase helps firms modernize operations, optimize productivity, and improve client service. For more information, visit centerbase.com.

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The integration pairs Centerbase’s matter data, billing workflows, and operational intelligence with Billables AI’s automated time capture, giving midsize firms a stronger data foundation and the AI-powered reporting to make better decisions on profitability, timekeeper performance, and firm growth.

Dallas, TX, April 7, 2026 —

Centerbase, the operating platform purpose-built for midsize law firms, today announced an integration with Billables AI, the leading AI-powered timekeeping platform for legal. Together, the two platforms connect Centerbase’s matter data, billing workflows, and operational intelligence with Billables AI’s automated time capture, giving firms automated timekeeping and the accurate data leadership needs to make better decisions on profitability, utilization, and firm growth.

Every managing partner knows that time data is the foundation on which all other metrics are built. When hours go unrecorded, or narratives get reconstructed days later, realization suffers, write-downs accumulate, and the reports leadership relies on to evaluate matter profitability, assess utilization, and plan for growth tell only part of the story. Better decisions start with better data at the source.

Billables AI addresses that at the source. Running passively across dozens of workflows attorneys already use (Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Zoom), it captures billable activity as work happens, matches time to the correct client and matter, and generates detailed narratives for attorney review and approval – helping firms capture 10 to 30 percent more billable time than manual methods allow. Those time entries flow directly into Centerbase, where they join the matter structure, billing history, and workflow data the platform already holds. That same matter context gives Billables AI what it needs to apply Outside Counsel Guidelines and keep time entries client-compliant before billing. The result is a richer, more complete dataset that makes Centerbase’s reporting more meaningful: clearer visibility into matter-level economics, more reliable timekeeper metrics, and the data firms need to evaluate which work to take on, how their timekeepers are developing, and where realization can be improved. It also gives Centerbase the foundation to deliver timely, accurate billing and profitability reporting that firm leadership can act on.

Midsize firms face a specific pressure: delivering the same client service and competitive capability as larger practices while operating with leaner teams and less administrative infrastructure. At that scale, the quality of billing data is more consequential, not less. Every hour left uncaptured and every narrative reconstructed at week's end has a direct impact on realization, on what leadership can see, and on the decisions they can confidently make. Centerbase evaluated AI timekeeping solutions across the market and selected Billables AI for its privacy-first approach and proven fit with how midsize firms work. The integration launches today as an API-based connection, with plans to embed more deeply over time as Centerbase continues expanding the data and AI capabilities available to firm leadership.

“The quality of every report, every metric, every decision a managing partner makes comes back to the data underneath it,” said Rob Joyner, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Centerbase. “By pairing Centerbase’s operational foundation with Billables AI’s time capture, we're helping firms capture more of what they earn and see more of how they operate, giving leadership an accurate, timely picture of firm performance they can actually manage to."

“Uncaptured time is one of the most overlooked sources of lost revenue for law firms,” said Nancy Jeng, Co-Founder of Billables AI. “Billables AI automatically captures and intelligently understands work activity. When that insight flows into Centerbase, firms can turn everyday work into reliable billing data and clearer visibility into how their practice operates.”

The integration is available now to Centerbase customers. Firms interested in activating Billables AI can contact their Centerbase account representative.

About Centerbase

Centerbase is the operating platform purpose-built for midsize law firms. It unifies matter management, billing, financial operations, and the AI tools firms are adopting into a single governed system, eliminating the operational drag that costs firms time, revenue, and client confidence. The result is a practice that runs tighter, bills what it earns, and turns its operations into a competitive advantage. To learn more, visit centerbase.com/webinars/billablesai

About Billables AI

Billables AI is an AI-powered timekeeping and operational intelligence platform built for law firms and professional services. The industry-leading automated time-tracking solution passively captures work activity, generates billing narratives, and integrates with leading practice management and productivity tools. By reducing lost time and administrative burden, Billables AI helps firms increase revenue, compliance, and client trust. Founded by a team of AI, B2B SaaS, and product marketing experts, the company is based in San Francisco and backed by leading Silicon Valley AI investors, including Wing VC, F7, SignalFire, Darkmode, and Alumni Ventures.

The new Centerbase + NetDocuments integration links a firm’s practice management data directly to its document AI, automating matter workflows, eliminating manual data entry, and giving midsize law firms the governed AI foundation they need to deliver more with the same team.

Dallas, TX, March 24, 2026 — Centerbase, the operating platform purpose-built for midsize law firms, today announced an enhanced native integration with NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system (DMS) for legal professionals, making Centerbase the first practice management platform to natively connect matter data with ndMAX’s AI-powered document intelligence.

With this integration, Centerbase puts AI to work the moment a matter opens. For example, open a new real estate closing and the engagement letter, workspace, and review tasks are ready before the first call. Save a client contract to NetDocuments® and ndMAX automatically extracts the key parties, dates, and obligations and writes them back into Centerbase, where they are immediately available for reporting and workflow automation. The result is a structured framework that gives firm leadership the controls and visibility to deploy AI across the practice with confidence.

The Centerbase + NetDocuments ndMAX integration also marks the beginning of pre-defined AI-powered workflows that connect a firm’s work product with its operating data. By giving AI applications secure, real-time access to client, matter, billing, and financial data, Centerbase positions itself as the operating platform for midsize law firms and enables broader, governed AI adoption across the practice, so leadership can monitor adoption, manage costs, and bill AI-related work accurately. 

For managing partners, the question is no longer whether to adopt AI but how to govern it. This integration delivers a structured answer: greater delivery capacity without added headcount, consistent workflows that make alternative fee arrangements more predictable, and stronger realization and client service. More than an efficiency gain, it gives midsize firms the AI foundation they need to build the next generation of their practice. 

“Midsize firms are under pressure to deliver faster results, adopt new pricing models, and compete with organizations already investing in AI,” said Rob Joyner, Senior Vice President of Business Development. “By integrating Centerbase with NetDocuments ndMAX, we are connecting the business of law with the AI that produces the work and giving firms a platform they can build on for the next decade.”

“At NetDocuments, we’re focused on helping legal professionals do their best work by delivering intelligent tools within the systems they rely on every day,” said Reza Parsia, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at NetDocuments. “Our integration with Centerbase reflects that commitment by bringing ndMAX AI capabilities into the workflows firms already use to manage their matters.”

The integration will be showcased at ABA TECHSHOW, with early adopter access available to qualified midsize firms.

About Centerbase

Centerbase is the operating platform purpose-built for midsize law firms. It unifies matter management, billing, financial operations, and the AI tools firms are adopting into a single governed system, eliminating the operational drag that costs firms time, revenue, and client confidence. The result is a practice that runs tighter, bills what it earns, and turns its operations into a competitive advantage. To learn more, visit centerbase.com.

About NetDocuments

NetDocuments helps legal professionals do their best work with an intelligent document management system (DMS) that goes beyond getting organized and brings to life seamless AI, powerful workflows, and smarter experiences. The #1 trusted cloud-native DMS for 25+ years, NetDocuments delivers tools to make work easier throughout the document lifecycle — from award-winning automation and AI to email management, search, collaboration, document bundling, advanced security, and more.

Supporting more than 7,000 law firms, corporate legal departments, and public sector organizations worldwide, the platform integrates with 150+ other technologies, including Microsoft 365 and DocuSign, making it a core solution that meets users wherever they work. To learn more, visit netdocuments.com.