Zhihe AI is a legal artificial intelligence (AI) platform developed by Shanghai Intelligeast Network Technology Co., Ltd. On 7 November 2026, at the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE), the company announced Zhihe AI Agent 3.5 Local Edition. At the same time, it released 70 in-house-developed legal AI skills as open source worldwide. Zhihe AI describes itself as a native legal AI pioneer. It says the release supports its aim of embedding legal AI in real-world commercial operations and secure enterprise environments.
At a Glance
Key facts about the release:
- What: Zhihe AI Agent 3.5 Local Edition, plus 70 open-source legal AI skills
- Who: Zhihe AI, developed by Shanghai Intelligeast Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Where: The ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE)
- When: Announced 7 November 2026
- Key features: Long-term and cross-project memory, on-premises processing of confidential files and specialised legal workflows
Why Did Zhihe AI Launch at the CIIE?
Founder and CEO Luckie Hong said the CIIE brings together international enterprises, new technologies and industrial innovation. That makes it a suitable venue to show how legal AI can protect and support commercial transactions, he said.
‘The legal industry has never been merely about general knowledge Q&A or automated text generation,’ Hong said. ‘It requires deep comprehension of reality, strict adherence to complex rules, procedural compliance, and actionable human-level judgment. Participating in the CIIE allows us to demonstrate our latest platform upgrades while exposing legal technology to rigorous, large-scale commercial validation in front of global industry leaders.’
What Is Zhihe AI Agent 3.5 Local Edition?
Zhihe AI Agent 3.5 Local Edition is the latest version of the company’s legal AI agent, designed for law firms and corporate legal departments. The company says it introduces three main enhancements:
- Persistent Context and Cross-Project Memory: The agent keeps long-term memory and context across projects. Legal professionals can reuse background materials, evidence and interim deliverables across tasks, which the company says reduces repeated prompting and speeds up preliminary research.
- On-Premises Data Sovereignty: The company says upgraded local file processing and security for sensitive material allow confidential legal work to be handled entirely within secure local environments. This covers corporate governance audits and M&A documentation.
- Master Edition Professional Scenarios: The upgraded Master Edition adds capabilities for:
- Legal due diligence
- Litigation trial outlines
- Bank statement auditing
- Public bidding and client acquisition
- Similar-case big-data analysis and prediction
- Listed company announcement retrieval
- Investment and M&A structuring
Together, these cover investigation, litigation preparation, business development and corporate finance.
What Are the 70 Open-Source Legal AI Skills?
Zhihe AI has also open-sourced 70 legal AI skills developed in-house by its Zhihe AI Skill Center. The company says legal practitioners and developers worldwide can study and deploy the skills and build on them together.
Hong said open-sourcing is intended to invite peers, users and software developers to give feedback during daily legal practice. He said it should also bring more legal professionals and developers into learning, testing and building with the company. With almost a million users, Zhihe AI says it is committed to making legal services available to more of the people who need them.
Why It Matters
Law firms and in-house teams adopting legal AI tend to weigh two questions: whether a tool fits their legal system, and where confidential client data is processed. Zhihe AI’s civil law focus and on-premises option address both. The open-source skills also let practitioners test the tools before committing. The performance claims in this article come from the company and have not been independently tested.
