Responsiv Raises $3 Million to Bring AI to in-House Legal Teams
From being duped by ChatGPT to putting sensitive client data at risk, lawyers face numerous pitfalls as they consider using AI in their work. But by building a program with “guardrails,” a new legal tech company is working to bring all of the benefits of artificial intelligence to companies’ in-house legal teams without the risks.
The startup, Responsiv, just raised $3 million in pre-seed funding from Greylock Partners in a round led by general partner Mike Duboe.
Based in Chicago, Responsiv is an AI assistant for in-house legal teams. It was founded earlier this year by Nikita Solilov and Jordan Domash, who both spent more than a decade at legal tech powerhouse Relativity — a company that has been valued at more than $3 billion by its largest shareholder, the private-equity firm Silver Lake.
“Jordan and Nikita are thoughtful and strategic, with deep empathy for the problem and expertise in the space, which is just the kind of team we love to back at Greylock,” Duboe said in a statement.
Generative AI programs like ChatGPT aren’t a good solution for lawyers because they can provide incorrect or out-of-date information, Domash explained. Responsiv, on the other hand, was designed specifically for in-house attorneys and generates correct legal information with citations so lawyers can jump into a referenced case and see the data for themselves.
“We exist because ChatGPT is a problem,” he told Insider.
Responsiv is geared toward in-house attorneys whose daily work could include employment issues, M&A, contracts, drafting policies, and more. As they work through a diverse set of tasks and need help understanding a topic, these lawyers traditionally would need to spend hours researching or calling outside counsel for backup — many of whom charge hundreds of dollars an hour.
With Responsiv, in-house counsel can quickly get