Stephen Hasker on legal tech adoption
From Steve Hasker, Thomson Reuter & Vanessa Liu, Appen | theCUBE + NYSE Wired: AI AGENT Conference 2026 · · SiliconANGLE theCUBE
“Now what we see with a product like co- counsel which is our legal assistant and our tax and accounting assistant is there will be a sole lawyer who says I I need that when can I sign up can I use it this afternoon because I'm in front of a judge tomorrow morning and I need its help now and so I think this this these agents and this agentic technology is so much more accessible to firms of all sizes will it level the playing field between the the global large law firms and the next tier I don't know but you can certainly find managing partners of the next tier firms who plan for it to do exactly that and so I think it's going to be a very interesting uh next five or so years certainly in the professions that we serve”
On , Stephen Hasker, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Thomson Reuters Corporation, spoke about legal tech adoption during Steve Hasker, Thomson Reuter & Vanessa Liu, Appen | theCUBE + NYSE Wired: AI AGENT Conference 2026 on SiliconANGLE theCUBE.
About Stephen Hasker
Stephen Hasker, President and CEO of Thomson Reuters, has recently discussed the company's focus on generative AI and its financial performance. On the Q1 2026 earnings call, Hasker reaffirmed the company's full-year outlook for organic growth of 7.5% to 8% and a margin increase to approximately 40%. He noted that Thomson Reuters raised its annual dividend by 10% for the fifth consecutive year and repurchased $262 million of shares in the first quarter. Hasker stated that the company has "more than $9 billion of estimated capital capacity through 2028" for inorganic opportunities and has deployed about $2.5 billion in acquisitions focused on its "big three" segments of law firms, tax accounting firms, and corporations. In public appearances, Hasker has emphasized that generative AI will be "as transformative as any of those disruptions" he has seen in his career, including the PC and internet. He described Thomson Reuters as serving "fiduciary grade AI" to professionals who "have to be right," combining content, data privacy, and support to ensure products do not hallucinate. Hasker argued that AI must "permeate every conversation" for board members, spanning strategy, talent, and risk oversight. He also noted that the company's proprietary "Thompson model" is "outperforming the frontier... models for certain legal tasks," providing optionality for future product development. Hasker advised new board members to prepare thoroughly and ask well-researched questions to find their voice early.