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Learned Hand funding, valuation and investors
AI workspace built for judges and court clerks.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Prior funding
Approximately $5M total · Date not disclosed
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
Not publicly disclosed
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
acquired
acquired
Overview
Learned Hand develops AI software for judges and court staff. Its workspace connects with court case-management systems, helps users review filings and disputed issues, supports legal research, and drafts bench memoranda and orders tied to case records.
Why Learned Hand is interesting
Most legal-AI startups sell to law firms. Learned Hand built directly for courts, where procurement, security, citation quality and procedural reliability create a different moat and a higher deployment bar.
Product & use cases
The product helps judges and clerks understand case records, trace arguments to filings, research law, and prepare memos and draft orders. Clio says it is deployed or in pilot use with U.S. courts, including the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
- Case-record analysis for judges and clerks
- Bench-memorandum and draft-order preparation
- Legal research grounded in filings and court records
Key facts
- Acquired by Clio on September 30, 2026 for undisclosed consideration.
- Founder and CEO Shlomo Klapper and the team are joining Clio's judiciary business.
- Clio says existing deployments and pilots will continue.
Funding history (newest first)
Prior funding
Approximately $5M totalSource: https://www.businessinsider.com/clio-buys-learned-hand-legal-ai-for-courts-judges-2026-9
Competitive landscape
Edge: Court-specific product design and early deployments provide institutional learning that generic legal assistants may lack.
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Thomson Reuters CoCounsel adjacent
Legal AI and research tools primarily serving lawyers.
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Lexis+ AI adjacent
AI legal research from an incumbent information provider.
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Harvey adjacent
Legal AI focused mainly on firms and corporate legal teams.
Industries
Market / IPO context
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