San Francisco-founded legal tech startup WilsonAI has raised $1.7m to build what it describes as an AI paralegal; an AI agent that integrates with legal teams’ existing systems and data, automating repetitive legal tasks such as handling routine legal requests, answering common questions, and reviewing contracts.
The $1.7M pre-seed round was led by Nomad Ventures, with participation from Autopilot Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Transpose, and key strategic angels including AI early stage investor Mei Z.
Founded in August 2024 by CEO Gus Neate, who is an ex-Clifford Chance lawyer, and CTO Alex Wang, who is a developer, WilsonAI is building a proprietary legal large action model, which enables it to understand legal workflows and improve automation over time. Agentic AI can refine itself over time to respond to practice or behaviour. According to WilsonAI, early deployments have shown that the AI paralegal automates over 50% of routine legal queries and accelerates contract review processes by up to 70%.
Neate said: “In-house legal teams face increasing pressure to do more with less, yet they are still bogged down by repetitive tasks. WilsonAI is here to change that. Our AI paralegal augments legal teams at all levels, from General Counsel to junior lawyers, by handling routine work so they can focus on strategic priorities. We’re seeing legal teams use the time saved to provide more impactful counsel and take on higher-value projects.”
To learn more or request a demo, visit www.getwilson.ai.