Legal tech has gone AI-native.
Since 2022, the share of legal tech equity deals going to AI-focused companies has climbed from 25% to 63% in 2025 YTD. So far this year, over 95% of equity funding going to legal tech startups has gone to AI-focused companies.
This shift is redefining attorney workflows. AI copilots are moving from pilots to daily infrastructure. Document automation is expanding into end-to-end contracting and orchestration. Vertically specialized, service-led tools are gaining traction in high-stakes areas like e-discovery and legal governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).
Using CB Insights’ predictive intelligence on private companies, we mapped 144 companies across 11 markets. These include legal AI agents and copilots, contract lifecycle management (CLM), e-discovery and GRC, practice and case management, legal data and research, and more.
