Protected communications
Legal professional privilege is protected under South African law. Matter material stays inside the firm's environment.
Private AI / law firms / South Africa
Private AI for law firms in South Africa, under privilege and POPIA.
Private AI for South African law firms: precedent search, obligations, and first drafts from approved firm material. Legal professional privilege is protected under South African law, and POPIA sets the data frame, so the system keeps matter material inside the firm's environment.
One workflow from ZAR 64,000 / $3,500 / NGN 2.5mMatter-separated accessProfessional review2 to 3 weeks
Example material only / no client matter
Professional confidentiality firstDesigned for review against the Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (POPIA) and the Information RegulatorMatter-separated accessFull handover
Why it matters here
South African firms carry privilege and POPIA together.
The profession's duties and the Information Regulator's enforcement both put controlled access first.
Professional conduct
Law societies regulate professional conduct. The system's access rules support the firm's confidentiality duties.
Designed for review
POPIA requires lawful, minimal, and controlled processing. The handover documents purpose, processors, and access.
What teams use it for
Less searching. More time on the work.
The assistant supports the firm. It does not replace legal advice, review, or sign-off.
Your approved documents
Precedents, policies, engagement letters, and matter material.
Clear boundaries
Separate users, teams, matters, and sources where the workflow requires it.
A system you can own
Runbook, training, credentials, source map, tests, and known limitations.
First project
Start with one practice group.
A small, approved archive — not the entire matter history on day one.
Up to 10 people
One person responsible for feedback and access.
A small approved archive
Precedents, policies, and matter material that the practice group actually searches.
Read-only with sources
Source references and a clear “not found” boundary.
Expand what works
Other teams, sources, languages, or actions after the first workflow works.
Why trust Pristine3D?
We build and operate production software.
Pristine3D Ltd builds and operates live digital products, and we run private AI workflows internally as part of our own operations. We scope around your real workflow: the documents you own, the questions your team asks, and the access boundary you approve. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, we work remotely with clients worldwide.
We already run live products
Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Pristine3D currently builds and operates smartcards.ng, venu.ng, photoshoot.ng, and ugc.ng in production.
We start with the actual workflow
One input, one output, one test set, and one person who owns the result. We scope a real workflow instead of a transformation programme.
The boundary stays visible
Cloud, model, storage, and messaging accounts stay in your name. The chosen data path, access rules, test record, documentation, and training are part of the agreed scope.
Pricing / fixed scope
Know the starting numbers before you ask.
The final quote follows the workflow. Infrastructure and model bills stay on your accounts.
One Workflow
Starting from$3,500 / ₦2.5m
2 to 3 weeksOne workflow for a small team, with training and handover.
See the one-workflow packageFirm-wide
Starting from$7,500 / ₦8m
4 to 6 weeksMultiple sources, roles, integrations, and admin handover.
See the deploymentAnnual support
Starting from$3,000 / ₦1.5m
per yearStandard care for one delivered workflow. Optional. Larger deployments and active monitoring are separately scoped.
See supportArchitecture review from $500. Standard annual support is $3,000 / ₦1.5m per year for one delivered workflow. New workflows, integrations, active monitoring, and infrastructure are separately scoped; infrastructure, model, storage, and messaging bills stay on client accounts. Full pricing and what changes the quote
Straight answers
Common questions.
Can matter data stay in South Africa?
Yes. Hosting in af-south-1 (Cape Town) is the default, with on-prem for stricter requirements.
How does privilege fit?
The privilege belongs to the firm and client. The system supports it by keeping communications inside the firm's environment under controlled access.
Does the assistant give legal advice?
No. It finds and drafts from the firm's own material. Advice and sign-off stay with the firm.
Do invoices come in South African rand?
Yes, from ZAR 64,000 for a first workflow, with USD and naira floors unchanged.
Own your knowledge base
The model is not the product. The knowledge base is.
Documents, the retrieval index, access rules, and the workflows built around them are the asset, and they compound. We deploy so the knowledge base stays yours: on your accounts, in the environment you choose, under access rules your team defines. The model behind the answers is a connector, so the knowledge base moves with you, not with a vendor.
Your corpus, your index
The document store, metadata, and retrieval setup live on accounts you own. No vendor holds the corpus.
Models are swappable parts
Change the model provider, move regions, or go local without rebuilding the knowledge base or the workflow.
The knowledge base is the alpha
Every improvement to the corpus improves the answers, and the improvement stays with you, not with a vendor.
Keep exploring
Related setups.
Start with the search problem
Have a search problem in the firm?
Describe the documents and the questions your team keeps asking. We will recommend a focused first step.