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April 08, 2026

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Designing intelligence: How Motto built a brand for Ivo to lead legal AI

Motto®, the strategic branding agency globally known for creating Ideas Worth Rallying Around® for pioneering tech and innovation companies, partnered with Ivo on a full-scale rebrand designed to match the company’s enterprise momentum with a brand worthy of leading a category.

Ivo had already built a contract intelligence platform trusted by teams at Reddit, Shopify, Uber, and Atlassian, but its positioning still reflected an earlier chapter. As the company moved into larger funding conversations and upmarket deals, the gap between product reality and brand perception became the strategic problem to solve.

"INTELLIGENCE BY DESIGN" BECAME THE IDEA WORTH RALLYING AROUND®  — This reframed Ivo from a contract review tool into the intelligence layer powering modern legal decision-making.

From there, Motto developed a full verbal and visual identity system: messaging architecture built around craft, speed, and strategic intelligence; a visual language that introduced illustration, motion, and a refined color palette into a category dominated by generic tech aesthetics; and a restructured website designed to scale with Ivo’s enterprise ambitions.

The result is a brand that doesn’t just look different in legal tech. It signals a different philosophy entirely — one where AI sharpens human judgment rather than replacing it.

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Credits: Motto

Motto®: Co-Founder CEO: Sunny Bonnell Co-Founder COO: Ashleigh Hansberger Strategy Director: Matt Davies Senior Verbal Strategist: Catherine Shattuck Director of Client Experience: Nicole Souza Senior Producer: Patrick Taylor Project Manager: Harriet Henderson Creative Director: Nathan Holloway Creative Director: Tom van Cleak Design Director: Sam Horbury Designer: Harry Bearhope Designer: Ruby Rossini Motion Designer: Ankit Gajjar UX Design: Adrian Green Web Design: Adam Harte Illustrator: Myriam Wares

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