Series B · Legal & Compliance Tech · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Founded 2023 · 35–90 employees
Wordsmith AI is an Edinburgh-based legal intelligence platform that deploys fleets of AI agents within in-house legal teams, enabling contract review, policy checking, query answering, and end-to-end workflow automation integrated directly into tools like Slack, Word, and Google Docs. Founded in 2023/2024 by lawyer-turned-engineer Ross McNairn alongside CTO Volodymyr Giginiak and COO Robbie Falkenthal, the company raised a $5M seed round in June 2024 led by Index Ventures, followed by a $25M Series A in June 2025 also led by Index Ventures, bringing total funding to $30M and valuation to $100M — claimed to be the fastest Scottish startup to reach that milestone. Its customer base includes Trustpilot, Deliveroo, Remote.com, Multiverse, Docplanner, BT, Canva, and the Financial Times, with one client reportedly cutting external counsel spend by over £7.5M in a single year. The platform is built on Microsoft Azure with deep Microsoft 365 integration, and Wordsmith is pioneering the concept of the 'legal engineer' — a new professional role focused on training and managing AI agents across corporate functions.