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SharePoint AI assistant — and how it sits alongside Copilot

Datagnome assistants live in Microsoft Teams and answer from a curated body of firm knowledge. That is a different job from a general productivity copilot, and the two work together.

Complementary, not competing

Copilot works across a user's own Microsoft 365 content and helps them draft, summarize and search. Datagnome answers organization-level questions from a knowledge base someone is actively maintaining — HR policy, IT process, administrative "who do I ask" questions — with the same answer for everyone who asks.

Why curation is the difference

Pointing an AI tool at a SharePoint estate surfaces whatever is there, including the outdated. Datagnome reviews what the assistant gets wrong, works with the firm to fill the gaps and keeps it current as people and policies change.

Someone has to maintain it

An assistant nobody maintains drifts out of date quietly: policies get superseded, owners change, and it keeps answering confidently from last year’s document. Datagnome operates that upkeep for its clients — curating what goes into the knowledge base, reviewing what the assistant gets wrong, and updating it as the firm changes.

Guardrails and scoped access

Every deployment runs on a layered set of guardrails: a standard baseline built into the platform, plus additional rules tailored to each firm's policies and risk tolerance. A firm's assistant only reaches the systems and data that firm chooses to connect. There is no default access to anything outside the assigned scope, and any topic requiring credentials stays gated.

What it is not

Datagnome is not built for legal research, e-discovery or case work. The focus is internal operations — the HR, IT and administrative questions that quietly eat into billable hours every day.

Proof from firms already using it

• Saul Ewing and Nelson Mullins are among the firms already trusting Datagnome.
• Since the start of 2026, Nelson Mullins employees have logged thousands of sessions with the firm's Datagnome-powered assistant — branded internally as "Ask Nelson" and available in Microsoft Teams — which has understood and answered 88 percent of questions asked.
• A library of nearly 1,000 real questions curated from firm knowledge management teams gives every new client a running start instead of a blank page.

Frequently asked

Does Datagnome connect to SharePoint?

Yes. Datagnome connects to SharePoint and answers questions from the policies, procedures and documentation held there. Datagnome also connects to iManage and NetDocuments; other systems are assessed case by case. A firm's assistant reaches only the systems and data that firm chooses to connect, and any topic requiring credentials stays gated.

Do we have to choose between Copilot and Datagnome?

No. They address different jobs: Copilot works over a user's own Microsoft 365 content; Datagnome answers firm-wide questions from a curated, managed knowledge base inside Teams.

Who maintains the knowledge base?

Datagnome does. The company curates what goes into the knowledge base, reviews what the assistant could not answer, works with the firm to fill the gaps and keeps it current as people and policies change.

Is this a legal research or e-discovery tool?

No. Datagnome is not built for legal research, e-discovery or case work. It is focused on internal operations such as HR, IT and administrative questions.

Where do people use it?

Wherever the firm already works — Microsoft Teams, Slack or web chat.