Melia Russell

Moritz is the latest startup to build a law firm — a bet that legal work, rather than software that helps lawyers work, is a more durable business.

Harvey's CEO says as AI agents take on more work, firms might put fewer lawyers on each case. That doesn't mean there will be less work, he says.

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After stints at Scale Venture Partners and SignalFire, Oana Olteanu is building a venture firm around the kind of drive that has defined her career.

Legora is chasing a billion-dollar opportunity to sell software to law firms. Now it's bringing on a top marketer to help it catch Harvey's lead.

After stints at Scale Venture Partners and SignalFire, Oana Olteanu is building a venture firm around the kind of drive that has defined her career.

Moritz, led by CEO Pamir Ehsas, raised $9 million post-Y Combinator to build software for law firms.

Building her own apps was not the kind of thing that Nicole Diaz learned at Harvard Law. At OpenAI, learning to build happens almost through osmosis.

Wordsmith, a startup building AI software for corporate legal teams, has raised $70 million in funding from Index Ventures and other backers.