March 4, 2025
WilsonAI raises $1.7M in pre-seed funding for ‘AI paralegal’
WilsonAI Co., the provider of an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for in-house legal operations, said today it has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of what the company calls an AI paralegal that companies can “hire” for their teams. The company was founded in 2024 by Chief Executive Gus Neate, formerly a lawyer at British multinational law firm Clifford Chance LLP, and Chief Technology Officer Alex Wang, formerly a developer at New York City-based investment firm D. E. Shaw & Co. It wants to change how legal teams operate using AI. “We’re building an AI that doesn’t