Edinburgh-based Wordsmith has raised a $70M Series B led by Highland Europe and Index Ventures, with total funding now at $100M across seed, Series A, and Series B.
The platform serves more than 500 in-house legal teams — including BT, Canva, Starling, and Sage — with AI that routes, resolves, and records legal requests without sending them to outside counsel.
The global legal AI software market stands at $5.21B in 2026 and is projected to reach $40.94B by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 29.4%, according to Fortune Business Insights.
Most legal AI startups are being built for law firms. That is where the money is, and where the billable hour still reigns. Wordsmith is building for the other side of the table — the in-house teams whose job is to help companies move faster, not bill more hours.
The Edinburgh-based legal AI company today announced a $70M Series B led by Highland Europe and Index Ventures, bringing total funding to $100M. The round comes alongside new enterprise wins, including Sage and Starling, and accelerates a scaling push that will take the company toward 300 employees by the end of 2026. Wordsmith was founded in 2023 by Ross McNairn (CEO), Volodymyr Giginiak (CTO), and Robbie Falkenthal (COO), and is headquartered in Edinburgh with offices in New York and London. The company currently employs around 110 people.
