1+ hour, 21+ min ago  (413+ words) The Scaling Europe Top 50 is a data-led ranking for startup companies based in Europe. Four legal AI companies made the list this year: Legora, Wordsmith, Curvestone, and Law Hive (which is broadly a New Mod). Number one was of course…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (324+ words) Soren, which is backed by Y Combinator, has launched what it calls "private AI" aimed at regulated sectors that deal with highly sensitive information. They specifically name lawyers as one of their target markets. So, we"ve heard the idea…...

21+ hour, 52+ min ago  (483+ words) New Mod Manifest OS has announced a $60m Series A funding round at a $750m valuation, with Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and First Round Capital, taking part. In short " that's a big vote of confidence in the New Mod approach from some…...

23+ hour, 47+ min ago  (383+ words) AL doesn't usually cover marketing roles, but this one is definitely noteworthy. Harvey has hired Rachel Hepworth as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She was previously CMO at Notion and was a marketing leader at Slack. Most recently she was also…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (377+ words) Garry Tan, the CEO of legendary investor Y Combinator, has waded into the ARR debate over how startups represent their revenues, and demanded that "founders be precise, and always be truthful. He has published on X a paper titled "Being…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1014+ words) Qura " which launched in 2023 and has about 10 people " has been bought by Legora. Unlike some of its more acquihire moves, this looks like a real acquisition and is designed to give the legal AI platform greater legal research capabilities " something…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (510+ words) Orbital, the legal tech / prop tech company focused on property sales, is to launch its own law firm, called Farringdon, in the UK focused on residential transactions " in what is another New Mod move. A key aspect here, as Orbital…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (599+ words) Legal tech funding continues to remain strong, with Q1 2026 data from Legal Complex showing that $2. 34 billion was raised across 103 deals. However, Relativity, Harvey, and Legora represented around 63%, or almost two-thirds of the total, in a mix of equity and debt. That…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (546+ words) Haast, which uses AI to handle marketing content compliance " and increasingly to counter AI "slop" produced with little forethought " has raised $12m in Series A funding led by Peak XV Partners, taking its total funding to over $17m. It"s an unusual…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (417+ words) Axiom, which pioneered the ALSP field and today has a potential total bench of 14, 000 lawyers on demand " who work at "50% lower rates than top law firms" " has added Harvey to its tech stack, which its lawyers, and also its clients,…...