--- title: "Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had" url: https://daily.dev/posts/stilta-raises-10-5m-from-a16z-and-yc-to-help-companies-rediscover-the-patents-they-forgot-they-had-jgpya3m47 source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/legal-tech-announced-stilta-announces-10m-seed-backed-by-yc-and-a16z-months-after-launch type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-05-19T12:03:10.563Z updated: 2026-05-19T12:03:39.345Z tags: ["startup", "ai-agents", "legal"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Stilta, an AI-powered legal tech startup, has raised a $10.5M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Y Combinator and operators from OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable. The platform uses a network of AI agents to automate patent research and analysis — tasks that have historically been slow and expensive. Users input a patent number and relevant content, and the system searches for conflicting patents, flags similar IP, and pulls filing and court history, producing litigation-grade reports with citations. The company targets the large pool of patents that companies have never enforced or licensed due to prohibitive analytical costs, aiming to unlock latent value in corporate IP portfolios. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Lightbringer raises $10M to replace patent firms with AI](https://daily.dev/posts/lightbringer-raises-10m-to-replace-patent-firms-with-ai-fykhph88t) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams](https://daily.dev/posts/sandstone-raises-30m-to-bring-ai-to-in-house-legal-teams-g5stuycon) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Legora is reportedly chasing a $10bn valuation, barely a season after its last raise](https://daily.dev/posts/legora-is-reportedly-chasing-a-10bn-valuation-barely-a-season-after-its-last-raise-u3sneyqj5) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6 valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter](https://daily.dev/posts/legal-ai-startup-legora-hits-5-6-valuation-and-its-battle-with-harvey-just-got-hotter-2cqqpbdcy) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#legal](https://daily.dev/tags/legal) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stilta-raises-10-5m-from-a16z-and-yc-to-help-companies-rediscover-the-patents-they-forgot-they-had-jgpya3m47)