Vesence raises $9m to bring AI quality control into lawyers' inboxes

Stockholm-based Vesence is the latest legal AI startup to announce a fundraise. The company has raised a $9 million seed round to expand its system of "hundreds" of AI agents inside Microsoft Office - tools that review emails, documents and projects before they leave a lawyer's desk.

AI inside Microsoft Office

Targeting law firms, Vesence is developing a layer of AI tools that live directly inside Word and Outlook. It says its agents can cross-check attachments, flag missing details, analyse long email threads and even enforce a firm’s style guide, acting as a kind of digital supervisor over lawyers' day-to-day output.

The company’s first tool, a Microsoft Word plugin aimed at transactional firms, focuses on quality control - a space that has seen growing interest as AI tools move from drafting to risk reduction and error detection.

Vesence says its early pilots have seen strong adoption, with one firm reporting 90% weekly active use across partners and associates.

Unlike other legal AI products focused on content generation, Vesence says its focus is on checking and improving existing work. "Lawyers need agents that sanity-check work against firm best practices, style guides, formatting requirements, and connected documents - we're building that rigour-focused tool for professional services."

YC connection

Vesence went through legendary startup accelerator Y Combinator, following in the footsteps of fellow Stockholm-based legal AI company Legora (formerly known as Leya) which also came through YC and just this week announced a $150 million fundraise at a $1.8 billion valuation.

The funding will go towards expanding Vesence's AI capabilities, hiring and growing its customer base to more law firms.