US EditionWordsmith AI Raises $25M Series A from Index Ventures to Deploy Fleets of Legal AI Agents and Power the Rise of Legal Engineers
- Scottish startup Wordsmith AI, established in 2024 by lawyer-turned-engineer Ross McNairn, secured $25 million in funding from Index Ventures to enhance its AI technology and support international growth.
- The funding follows a $5 million seed round last year and supports Wordsmith’s mission to embed AI agents in legal teams, creating the new role of legal engineer.
- Wordsmith’s flagship Legal Enablement Platform helps general counsels automate tasks by deploying fleets of AI agents across corporate functions to streamline workflows.
- Founder McNairn highlighted that their AI technology can now be integrated throughout organizations, utilizing numerous agents that can be customized to assist with all business functions.
- This investment aims to accelerate training and upskilling in legal AI, reflecting the increasing adoption of agentic AI and the $50 billion global legal technology market by 2027.
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