Harvey closed a $300M Series F at a $5B valuation in early 2025, anchoring a category where Big Law procurement budgets finally make AI a real line item. Buyers split clearly: Harvey, Legora, and DeepJudge sell to elite firms for research, drafting, and institutional knowledge search. Spellbook, Lexion, and Draftwise specialize in contract review and negotiation, often for in-house legal teams. EvenUp dominates personal injury demand-letter automation; Eve Legal extends that pattern to plaintiff intake and litigation. Robin AI focuses on legal-document Q&A. Most enterprise pitches now demand sourced citations, hallucination logs, and on-prem or single-tenant deployment to clear bar-association ethical opinions.
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AI Legal startups (2026)
AI for contract review, legal research, and law-firm workflow automation
67 ai legal startups tracked, with the largest concentration in US. Total tracked funding: $4.5B.
Tracked
67
Total Raised
$4.5B
Countries
9
Active Deals
1
1 
Eudia Palo Alto, US $105M 2 
Harvey San Francisco, US $1.7B 3 
Supio Seattle, US $91M 4 
GC AI — $73M 5 
Patlytics New York, US $65M 6 
Enter Sao Paulo, BR $35M 7 
Luminance Cambridge, GB $165M 8 
SpotDraft Bengaluru, IN $80M 9 
Solve Intelligence London, GB $55M 10 
Casetext San Francisco, US $64M 11 
Lawhive London, GB $52M 12 
Definely London, GB $40M
Funding by year — AI Legal
2022 → 2026Market overview
Key trends 2026
- Vertical wins over horizontal. Harvey and EvenUp target specific legal workflows; generic chatbots underperform on legal citation accuracy.
- Citation auditing is mandatory. After Mata v. Avianca, every legal AI vendor surfaces source documents inline.
- Plaintiff law industrializes. EvenUp and Eve Legal automate demand letters and intake at PI firm scale.
Benchmarks vs global
Harvey valuation (Series F)
$5B
$1.5B Series C in 2023 ↑
AmLaw 100 firms with AI deployments
~80%
~30% in 2023 ↑
Hallucinated citation rate (top vendors)
<3%
>15% on raw GPT-4
Top countries
By startup countStage breakdown
Latest round typeTop investors backing AI Legal
See all →FAQ
Frequently asked
Harvey vs Legora vs Spellbook — when do you pick which?
Harvey is the default for AmLaw 100 firms doing research and complex drafting. Legora is the European challenger, strong in collaborative review. Spellbook is the SMB and small-firm choice, embedded in Word and priced per seat rather than enterprise license.
Is AI-drafted legal work ethical under ABA Model Rules?
ABA Formal Opinion 512 (2024) confirms lawyers can use generative AI but must verify outputs, protect client confidentiality, and consider whether to disclose use. Cite-checking, conflict screening, and supervision obligations all remain on the human attorney.
How are AI legal tools priced for in-house teams?
Lexion, Spellbook, and Robin AI sell per seat at $50-300/month. Harvey and Legora skew enterprise license, often $1-5M annually for large firms. Per-matter pricing exists for EvenUp-style demand-letter automation, where ROI ties cleanly to settlement velocity.
Recent rounds in AI Legal
All rounds →All AI Legal startups
Page 1Eudia
AI-augmented intelligence platform for legal teams
Raised
$105M
Stage
S-A
Harvey
The AI platform for elite law firms.
Raised
$1.7B
Stage
GROWTH
Enter
AI to manage corporate litigation in Brazil's complex legal system
Raised
$35M
Stage
S-A
Supio
Agentic legal AI for personal injury and mass tort plaintiff firms
Raised
$91M
Stage
S-A
Patlytics
AI-native platform for the entire patent lifecycle, from drafting to infringement analysis.
Raised
$65M
Stage
S-B
GC AI
Raised
$73M
Stage
S-B
Luminance
Legal-Grade AI agents that automate contract drafting, negotiation and review.
Raised
$165M
Stage
S-C
SpotDraft
AI-powered contract lifecycle management for in-house legal teams
Raised
$80M
Stage
S-A
Solve Intelligence
AI copilot for patents, drafting, prosecution and litigation for IP teams worldwide.
Raised
$55M
Stage
S-B
Casetext
ACQUIREDAI legal assistant CoCounsel that drafts, reviews, and researches law using GPT-4 reasoning.
Raised
$64M
Stage
S-C
Lawhive
Online legal marketplace with an AI paralegal for consumers and SMEs
Raised
$52M
Stage
S-A
Definely
AI-powered contract drafting and review built into the lawyer's workflow.
Raised
$40M
Stage
S-B
DeepIP
Raised
$40M
Stage
S-A
Genie AI
Raised
$20M
Stage
S-A
Paxton AI
AI legal assistant for research, drafting and document analysis
Raised
$28M
Stage
Seed
Ivo
AI contract review and intelligence for enterprise legal teams
Raised
$81M
Stage
S-B
Ankar
Raised
$24M
Stage
Seed
Greenlite AI
AI workforce automating KYC, AML and sanctions compliance
Raised
$20M
Stage
S-A
Justpoint
AI that uncovers product harms and powers mass tort and personal injury litigation.
Raised
$95M
Stage
S-A
Sandstone
Raised
$10M
Stage
Seed
Patent Watch
AI that detects patent infringements and generates claim charts in under an hour.
Raised
$3.2M
Stage
Seed
Lucio
AI-native workspace for lawyers to draft, research, and review
Raised
$5M
Stage
Seed
Midpage
Raised
$6.2M
Stage
Seed
Flank
Autonomous, embedded AI legal agents that resolve legal and compliance requests in minutes.
Raised
$10M
Stage
S-A