Wordsmith, a fledgling Scottish legal tech startup, has somehow managed to attract the backing of two well-known venture capital firms. The startup targets in-house legal teams and law […]
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulation but warns against AI monopolies
Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, told a crowd at The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. this week that “regulation is likely necessary” for artificial intelligence. […]
Fika Ventures co-founder Eva Ho will step back from the firm after its current fund is deployed
Eva Ho plans to step away from her position as general partner at Fika Ventures, the Los Angeles-based seed firm she co-founded in 2016. Fika told LPs of […]
OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M
The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically AI-related companies across education, law and the […]
Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legaltech AI platform for small firms
UK-based legaltech company Lawhive, which offers an AI-based in-house ‘lawyer’ through a software-as-a-service platform targeted at small law firms, has raised £9.5 million ($11.9M) in a seed round […]
Making justice more accessible with Charlie Hernandez from My Pocket Lawyer
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Charlie Hernandez, the founder and CEO of My […]
Solve Intelligence helps attorneys draft patents for IP analysis and generation
Many legal tech startups streamline manual workflow for lawyers, and some legal tech companies provide tech solutions centered around intellectual property (IP). Among them is a startup called […]
Cyberattack on legal tech provider causing widespread disruption to UK law firms
CTS, a U.K.-based provider of managed IT services for law firms and the professional services industry, is experiencing a cybersecurity incident that is causing ongoing widespread disruption across […]
Crediverso takes on legal after $3.5M capital infusion
Crediverso, a company that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020, raised $3.5 million in what founder and CEO Carlos “Charlie” Hernandez called a pre-Series A funding round. The new […]
Darrow gets served $35M for an AI that parses public documents for class action lawsuit potential
The U.S. is famous (or infamous) for its litigiousness: the country may not have the highest per capita amount of lawsuits (that’s Germany), but it has the most […]