Milyli Launches AI-Powered Redaction for Blackout, Bringing Automated Sensitive Data Protection to Native Excel, PDF, and More

CHICAGO, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Milyli today announced the release of Automated AI Redaction for Blackout, its industry-leading redaction and data protection platform. Powered by Azure Language through Foundry Tools, the new capabilities allow organizations to accelerate review workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve consistency across large document collections. This enhancement combines advanced natural language processing and entity extraction to proactively identify and redact personally identifiable information (PII), privileged content, and other sensitive data automatically.

"As AI continues to redefine how organizations manage and protect information, we're proud Blackout can make this time of transformation easier. By combining advanced AI-driven identification with our trusted redaction and markup capabilities, we're enabling legal teams to secure sensitive and privileged data more efficiently than ever before. This release represents another step forward in our mission to help customers and partners reduce risk, accelerate workflows, and unlock greater value from their information."

— Steve Ankenbrandt, Chief Executive Officer, Milyli

With this announcement, Blackout continues to lead as the only redaction platform of its kind offering AI-powered redaction for native Microsoft Excel documents alongside support for dozens of additional file formats.

Features and Availability

The new Automated AI Redaction capabilities introduce powerful automation designed to help teams identify and secure sensitive information with greater speed and confidence.

Key features include:

• AI-Powered Sensitive Data Detection using advanced natural language processing and entity extraction.
• Automated Identification of PII, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, and other sensitive data types.
• Privilege-Aware Review Workflows that help legal teams locate potentially privileged content faster.
• Automatic Redaction Recommendations to reduce manual review time and improve consistency across projects.
• Native Microsoft Excel Redaction, enabling AI-driven protection of spreadsheet data without conversion.
• Support for Dozens of File Formats, allowing organizations to apply consistent redaction standards across diverse document repositories.
• Azure Language Integration via Foundry Tools for enterprise-grade AI capabilities and scalability.
• Enterprise Security and Auditability designed to support legal, regulatory, and privacy-focused workflows.

The feature is available immediately for Blackout customers.

To learn more about Blackout, visit Blackout.

About Blackout

Blackout is an enterprise-grade redaction and markup platform designed to help legal, compliance, privacy, government, and corporate teams securely remove sensitive information from documents before sharing them internally or externally. Built for speed, accuracy, and scalability, Blackout supports a broad range of document types and enables users to perform high-volume redaction projects while maintaining complete control over protected information. Organizations rely on Blackout to streamline workflows related to litigation, investigations, regulatory compliance, privacy requests, freedom of information requests, and data governance initiatives.

About Milyli

Milyli is a legal technology company dedicated to helping organizations discover, manage, and protect critical information. The company's suite of solutions empowers legal, compliance, privacy, and information governance professionals to work more efficiently while reducing risk. Through innovative software products and a customer-focused approach, Milyli continues to deliver technology that simplifies complex data management challenges for organizations around the world.

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