It was only a matter of time before someone applied legal AI to crime…no, not that way….for criminal defence work. In this case, Matey, a new US AI startup, has raised $7.5m which it will use to expand upon its flagship product: CrimD.
When CrimD is not being chased across town by the cops, it ‘ingests and organizes case discovery, transcribes digital media, analyzes facts, and generates trial-ready outputs, all while meeting the legal industry’s highest standards for confidentiality, traceability, and accuracy’ the Texas-based company said.
The startup explained that it provides:
‘90% time savings on discovery review, turning week-long reviews into same-day readiness.
$40,000+ in cost savings per case, by eliminating unnecessary data hosting fees and reducing case setup time.
3x faster trial prep, through instant timelines, transcript generation, and document summarization.
30-minute onboarding, with most users fully operational the same day they’re invited.’
The seed round will support the expansion of Matey’s product suite, hiring across engineering and go-to-market teams, and ‘deepening relationships with criminal defence organizations, public defenders, and law firms nationwide’. Matey also plans to scale partnerships with universities and Bar associations to ‘ensure equitable access to its platform for under-resourced defenders’, they added.
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Meanwhile, ACAS – an independent UK body, but which is funded by the Government, and that helps to resolve employment disputes – has announced that it will start ‘exploring the use of AI and new digital services to make support faster and more accessible’. They don’t go into much detail, but clearly there is plenty that AI can do to help here, even if it’s just taking on some of the more routine and preliminary paperwork.
Employment Rights Minister, Justin Madders MP, gave some indication of where he would like things to go: ‘ACAS’s new strategy will help prevent workplace disputes before they escalate and provide the skills and tools to resolve conflicts early.’
Will this eventually lead to ACAS deploying AI tools to actually help mediate the dispute itself..? We shall see.
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And, Supio, a legal AI platform for personal injury law, has introduced ‘Instant Demands’, which generates ‘accurate, fully formatted demand letters in minutes instead of weeks’.
Demand letters are one of the most time-intensive parts of pre-litigation, they explained. Supio’s Instant Demands automates the process without sacrificing accuracy by ‘including ICD codes, treatment timelines, and damages calculations, all in a firm’s preferred style and format’, they explained.
Early users report faster settlements and higher recoveries, with some reaching policy limits on first submission, they added.
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So, there you go. Legal AI is definitely not just for Big Law.
Right, moving on to video time….!
Here’s the first episode of Law Punx, a new podcast channel started by Artificial Lawyer to act as a soapbox. To kick things off, here the subject of ‘why AI won’t solve the fundamental problem with contracts’, is explored with Todd Smithline (8 mins).
The podcast is available in multiple formats, below is the YouTube version, there is also:
This episode and four other Law Punx podcasts on Spotify, which also feat. Electra Japonas, Horace Wu, Jake Jones, and Richard Mabey, with more already in the editing suite.
Spotify current episode is here.
Spotify Law Punx site with all episodes is here.
And the same, but just an audio version, is available on Apple Podcasts.
AL will aim to publish a new episode every week, each one tackling a separate issue. Most of the pods are under 10 mins, punchy and are quick to digest – and hopefully will make your day a little brighter.
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And also, as Artificial Lawyer shared earlier, Juro and Wordsmith have formed a pioneering MCP-based alliance to provide their combined AI capabilities to clients. Here’s Richard Mabey, CEO, Juro, and Ross McNairn, CEO, Wordsmith, explaining the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ – (8 mins).
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That’s all folks. Have a great weekend!
Oh….one other thing…. Legal Innovators UK – which will be across three days, is on November 4, 5 and 6, in London – see here:
Legal Innovators Conferences in London and New York – November ’25
If you’d like to stay ahead of the legal AI curve then come along to Legal Innovators New York, Nov 19 + 20 and also, Legal Innovators UK – Nov 4 + 5 + 6, where the brightest minds will be sharing their insights on where we are now and where we are heading.
Legal Innovators UK arrives first, with: Law Firm Day on Nov 4th, then Inhouse Day, on the 5th, and then our new Litigation Day on the 6th.
Both events, as always, are organised by the awesome Cosmonauts team!
Please get in contact with them if you’d like to take part.
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