DeepJudge has raised $41.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Felicis with continued participation from Coatue. The company plans to expand product development and support growing demand in the United States and the United Kingdom. DeepJudge reported more than 500% year-over-year revenue growth as law firms seek systems that enable attorneys to access institutional knowledge securely at scale.
Freshfields selected DeepJudge as a core part of its AI and knowledge management strategy following a detailed evaluation process. The firm views the platform as a way to enhance lawyer workflow and strengthen the reuse of specialized expertise as the industry continues to adopt AI-driven solutions. Additional national and international law firms adopting DeepJudge include Holland & Knight, Cozen O’Connor, ArentFox Schiff, and Schoenherr. These customers join previously announced users such as Gunderson Dettmer, CMS Switzerland, Homburger, and Lenz & Staehlin.
DeepJudge operates as an enterprise search platform that connects document repositories, emails, intranet systems, and client portals to retrieval augmented AI agents without requiring data movement.
The company was founded by former Google researchers Paulina Grnarova, Kevin Roth, and Yannic Kilcher, who hold PhDs in AI from ETH Zurich. The platform is designed to provide lawyers with fast and secure access to firm intelligence, while respecting existing confidentiality, security, and permission boundaries.
The platform focuses on the accurate retrieval of legal knowledge to enhance the quality of reasoning from generative models. DeepJudge reports high active usage rates and recognition in recent law firm technology assessments, positioning the company as a core infrastructure layer for AI workflows in legal practice.
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“Innovation at Freshfields is about strengthening how we work and preparing for what’s next. DeepJudge [enables] responsible, targeted use of knowledge and powers bespoke AI workflows.”
Gil Perez, Chief Innovation Officer, Freshfields
“Innovation at Freshfields is about strengthening how we work and preparing for what’s next. DeepJudge supports that by enabling responsible, targeted use of proprietary knowledge and powering bespoke AI workflows tailored to our standards. It will enhance our ability to deliver for clients as the legal industry evolves.”
Gil Perez, Chief Innovation Officer, Freshfields
“DeepJudge stands out in a crowded AI landscape because it is laser-focused on one thing: making search better. What differentiates our firm is our people, experience, and expertise. With DeepJudge, we can surface and reuse the vast knowledge of our lawyers—at scale and in context. We expect it to fit seamlessly into our solutions portfolio and to further advance our strategic AI initiatives by providing modern, frictionless access to our know-how.”
Andrei Salajan, Director of Legal Tech & Innovation, Schoenherr
“In legal AI, accurate retrieval matters more than anything else: if your system can’t surface the exact piece of knowledge in the moment it’s needed, every subsequent step will break down. Generic RAG engines fall apart when confronted with messy, permission-walled legal data. We built DeepJudge as a secure, precision retrieval layer purpose-built for law, so generative models can reason confidently on the right context every time.”
Paulina Grnarova, CEO, DeepJudge
“Legal teams are done experimenting with siloed chatbots. They need AI that is deeply wired into their own knowledge so lawyers can move faster, win business, and still meet the bar for confidentiality. DeepJudge’s technical rigor, impressive research, and traction prove they are the platform firms want to work with. We are excited to support DeepJudge as they equip legal teams with the latest AI tooling.”
Viviana Faga, General Partner, Felicis
