YC Legal startups
61 Y Combinator companies in Legal, 12 of them from the last four batches. Its share of recent batches is 1.5%, down from 1.8% in the four batches before. About 64% are AI companies by YC’s tags.
- Signal
- Active
- Since 2025
- 23 vs 18 in 2023–24
- Acquired or public
- n/a
- Listed as inactive
- n/a
Share of each batch
Legal companies as a share of each YC batch since 2015.
Newest entrants
Too few Legal companies are five or more years old to show outcomes.
- Neomatter F26 · AI that works for in-house legal teams
- Praxis F26 · AI agents that run law firm operations.
- Tire Swing F26 · AI Compliance for Affordable Housing
Building in Legal?
Open problems and funding on Questd for future of work.
- Andreessen Horowitz · Big Ideas 2026
- Index Ventures · Investment Focus 2026
- IVP · Investment Focus 2026
- New Enterprise Associates · Investment Focus 2026
Legal companies, newest first
61 companies
- Neomatter
AI that works for in-house legal teams
Fall 2026Legal2San Francisco, CA, USA - PraxisAI
AI agents that run law firm operations.
Fall 2026Legal2San Francisco, CA, USA - Tire Swing
AI Compliance for Affordable Housing
Fall 2026Legal2New York City, NY, USA - ErinysAI
We help lawyers start and scale AI-native law firms.
Summer 2026Legal3San Francisco, CA, USA - Andco
Agents that build personal injury cases
Spring 2026Legal3San Francisco, CA, USA - Regbase
Automating Corporate Compliance, Worldwide
Spring 2026Legal3New York City, NY, USA - AutoSitu
The AI operating system for the built world
Winter 2026Legal2 - Fed10
AI Agents for Government Affairs
Winter 2026Legal3San Francisco, CA, USA - General Legal
Elite AI law firm for high growth companies
Winter 2026Legal25 - LegalOS
The AI-Native Immigration Law Firm
Winter 2026Legal3San Francisco, CA, USA - Moritz
Global AI-native law firm handling legal work with same-day turnaround
Winter 2026Legal10Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Vector Legal
A premier AI-native law firm & legal operating system for Startups.
Winter 2026Legal9San Francisco, CA, USA - ComplyDoAI
Global Compliance for Enterprises
Fall 2025Legal17Berlin, Berlin, Germany - LexiAI
AI Operating System for Legal Teams
Fall 2025Legal15San Francisco, CA, USA - RelawAI
AI Legal OS
Fall 2025Legal2Los Angeles, CA, USA - Kalinda
Deep research for class action law firms
Summer 2025Legal2San Francisco, CA, USA - Vulcan Technologies
Secure frontier AI for government & adjacent knowledge work
Summer 2025Legal17Austin, TX, USA - BlueshoeAI
The AI-Native Consumer + Plaintiff Law Firm
Spring 2025Legal2San Francisco, CA, USA - CrimsonAI
The AI Associate for Litigation Lawyers
Spring 2025Legal7London, England, United Kingdom - Third Chair
AI-Native IP Enforcement Agent
Spring 2025Legal8San Francisco, CA, USA - Caseflood.aiAI
How elite law firms do intake
Winter 2025Legal2Miami, FL, USA - GaleAI
Fast and Data-Driven Immigration Platform
Winter 2025Legal3San Francisco, CA, USA - OpenIntake
The AI Front Door For Law Firms
Winter 2025Legal2New York City, NY, USA - Beglaubigt.de
The legal backoffice for every company. For founders and AI agents.
Fall 2024Legal30BY, Germany
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