All the funding deals in the legal AI market

Last updated: 13 July 2026
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The legal AI market is attracting strong investor interest as legal teams adopt AI for research, drafting, contract review, compliance, and litigation work.

We conducted deep research and collected 51 legal AI funding deals announced from Q1 2024 through Q2 2026.

We refresh this legal AI market page very often so readers can follow new funding activity.

Insights

  • The 51 legal AI funding deals in this list represent about $1.89 billion in disclosed capital from Q1 2024 through Q2 2026.
  • Legal AI funding accelerated sharply in 2026. Q1 and Q2 2026 account for about $1.41 billion, or nearly 75% of the total capital in this dataset.
  • Legora raised $600 million across two 2026 rounds. Those two legal AI funding deals represent almost one-third of all disclosed capital in the list.
  • Large legal AI platforms attracted the biggest checks, while litigation, patent, billing, and intake specialists usually raised smaller early-stage rounds.
  • Contract-focused legal AI companies remain a major funding category. Summize, Ivo, Luminance, Spellbook, Robin AI, SpotDraft, and LegalFly all appear in the dataset.
  • Litigation-focused legal AI companies also form a broad group, including EvenUp, Supio, Wexler AI, Crimson, Advocacy, Parambil, Mary Technology, and AlphaLit.
  • The legal AI market is moving beyond simple drafting tools. Newer companies increasingly combine legal knowledge, workflow automation, internal data, and AI agents.
  • Several legal AI companies raised more than once during the period. Legora, Harvey, Leya, and Sandstone each completed separate funding rounds.
  • Most legal AI funding deals were below $30 million, but a small number of very large rounds drove most of the total capital raised.

Summary table of the funding deals for the legal AI market since 2024

We define the legal AI market as AI software that helps legal teams research, draft, review, analyze, or automate legal work.

It includes Contract Review AI, Legal Research Tools, Document Drafting AI, E Discovery AI, Compliance AI, and Litigation Analytics.

It excludes broader adjacent markets unless the product is built specifically for this use case.

We focused exclusively on pure players, defined as companies with at least 70–80% of their business directly tied to the legal AI market.

Our analysis has been done at a global level with a minimum funding threshold of $300k.

If you want a longer-term view, we also have a study of how funding activity in the legal AI market has changed over the years.

Name What they do Amount in $ Quarter Source(s)
JUPUS AI legal workflow software for small and mid-sized law firms. $15.2M Q2 2026 HTGF
Lightbringer AI patent platform that helps startups and small businesses manage intellectual property. $10.0M Q2 2026 Lightbringer
Sandstone AI platform for legal intake, matters, contracts, and internal knowledge. $30.0M Q2 2026 Sandstone
Wordsmith AI AI legal workflow software that helps in-house teams draft documents and answer questions. $70.0M Q2 2026 Artificial Lawyer
Crimson AI litigation software built for dispute analysis and case workflows. $2.5M Q2 2026 Legal IT Insider
Stilta AI software for patent invalidity and infringement analysis. $10.5M Q2 2026 LawSites
Lexroom Legal AI software built for civil-law research, drafting, and analysis. $50.0M Q2 2026 EU-Startups
Legora Collaborative legal AI software for research, drafting, review, and workflow automation. $50.0M Q2 2026 Artificial Lawyer
Manifest OS Software infrastructure for AI-native law firms and fixed-fee legal workflows. $60.0M Q2 2026 Manifest OS
Haast AI compliance software for enterprise legal and content review. $12.0M Q2 2026 Haast
Steno Court reporting and litigation support software with AI transcript tools. $49.0M Q1 2026 PR Newswire
Harvey Legal AI agents and infrastructure for law firms and in-house teams. $200.0M Q1 2026 Harvey
PointOne AI software for legal timekeeping, bill review, compliance, and pricing. $16.0M Q1 2026 PointOne
Newcode AI legal software for auditable workflows and structured legal data. $6.5M Q1 2026 Artificial Lawyer
Legora Collaborative legal AI software for research, drafting, review, and workflow automation. $550.0M Q1 2026 Legora
Intelligent Legal Solutions / ILS Legal workflow software for investment fund lawyers and most-favored-nation reviews. $3.0M Q1 2026 Business Wire
Mary Technology Litigation software that organizes and verifies facts from discovery documents. $4.6M Q1 2026 LawSites
Advocacy AI litigation workspace covering case preparation from complaint through trial. $3.5M Q1 2026 Advocacy
DeepIP AI patent software for law firms and corporate intellectual property teams. $25.0M Q1 2026 Artificial Lawyer
Orbital AI workspace for real estate legal work and transaction workflows. $60.0M Q1 2026 Orbital
Checkbox AI software for legal intake, triage, and workflow automation. $23.0M Q1 2026 Checkbox
Chamelio AI legal intelligence software that learns from past negotiations and legal context. $10.0M Q1 2026 Business Wire
Summize AI contract lifecycle management and contract intelligence software. $50.0M Q1 2026 Business Wire
SpotDraft AI contract lifecycle management software for enterprise legal teams. $8.0M Q1 2026 Business Wire
Tradespace AI intellectual property software for invention disclosure, patents, and portfolio management. $15.0M Q1 2026 Tradespace
Antidote AI software that automates billing compliance for global law firms. $5.0M Q1 2026 Antidote
Ivo AI contract review and contract intelligence software for in-house legal teams. $55.0M Q1 2026 Artificial Lawyer
Parambil AI software for evaluating and resolving complex litigation and mass tort cases. $6.0M Q1 2026 Parambil
Sandstone AI platform for legal intake, matters, contracts, and internal knowledge. $10.0M Q1 2026 Artificial Lawyer
AlphaLit Voice AI software that scores legal cases and routes them to lawyers. $3.2M Q1 2026 LawSites
Alice AI litigation software for legal drafting, analysis, and casework. $1.1M Q1 2026 Artificial Lawyer
Genie AI AI legal editor for drafting, review, comparison, and workflow automation. $17.8M Q4 2024 Genie AI
EvenUp AI software for personal injury documents, demand packages, and legal workflows. $135.0M Q4 2024 EvenUp
Theo AI AI software for litigation outcome prediction and dispute analytics. $2.2M Q4 2024 Artificial Lawyer
Wexler AI AI litigation software for case analysis, fact management, and litigation intelligence. $1.4M Q4 2024 Legal IT Insider
Supio AI software for personal injury and mass tort plaintiff law firms. $25.0M Q3 2024 Legal IT Insider
Harvey Legal AI software for research, drafting, and professional services workflows. $100.0M Q3 2024 Harvey
Leya Legal AI assistant for research, review, drafting, and law firm productivity. $25.0M Q3 2024 Artificial Lawyer
LegalFly Legal AI software for contract review, drafting, privacy, and secure workflows. $16.3M Q3 2024 LegalFly
Anytime AI AI legal assistant for plaintiff lawyers, drafting, and law firm workflows. $4.0M Q3 2024 PR Newswire
GC AI AI software that helps in-house legal teams answer questions and complete legal work. $1.5M Q2 2024 GC AI
Clearbrief AI legal writing software for citations, drafting, and fact validation. $4.0M Q2 2024 LawSites
Norm AI AI compliance software that converts regulations into automated compliance checks. $27.0M Q2 2024 PR Newswire
Alexi Legal AI software for research memos, issue identification, and litigation drafting. $11.0M Q2 2024 Alexi
Leya Legal AI assistant for questions, document review, research, and drafting. $10.5M Q2 2024 Artificial Lawyer
Definely Legal document software for reading, drafting, editing, and understanding contracts. $7.0M Q2 2024 Definely
Patlytics AI patent software for intelligence, prosecution, portfolios, and intellectual property litigation. $4.5M Q2 2024 Business Wire
Luminance Legal AI software for contract generation, negotiation, review, and document analysis. $40.0M Q2 2024 Luminance
Bench IQ AI litigation software that analyzes judges' decision-making patterns. $2.1M Q1 2024 The SaaS News
Spellbook AI contract drafting and review software for lawyers. $20.0M Q1 2024 Spellbook
Robin AI AI legal software for contract review, analysis, and workflow support. $26.0M Q1 2024 Robin AI

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