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August

Configurable legal AI workspace for midsize law firms, automating document-heavy work such as due diligence, contract review, and discovery preparation.

august.law · New York

CALL NO.CS·AUGUST·26
StageSeedAugust 2025 · led by New Enterprise Associates[3][4][5][6][8]
Raised$7Mdisclosed rounds[1][3][4][5][6][8]
Headcount23as of Apr 2026[1]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2023[4][5][6][1]
Money

Raised $7M across disclosed rounds.[1][3][4][5][6][8]

Seed closed August 2025, led by New Enterprise Associates.[3][4][5][6][8]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pear VC, Afore Capital, Gokul Rajaram (angel), Geoff Charles – CPO, Ramp (angel), David Azose – Head of Engineering, OpenAI (angel), Kevin Zhang – Partner, Bain Capital Ventures (angel), Law school partners (unnamed).[3][4][5][6][8]

People

Rutvik Rau, CEO & Co-Founder[4][5][6][7][1]

Thomas Bueler-Faudree, Co-Founder[4][5][6][7][1]

Joseph Parker, Co-Founder[4][5][6][7][1]

Andrew Grossman, Founding Growth[1]

Darpit Vadodaria, Head of Go-To-Market[1]

Signals
May 19 2026newsHughes Hubbard Selects August as its Firmwide AI Platform for Practice and Business of Law company claim, not independently confirmed[21]
Mar 16 2026newsAugust Wins Big Law Firm Hughes Hubbard – Artificial Lawyer[14]
Mar 2 2026newsAugust's New Live Assist Lets Lawyers Be Active Listeners – and Active Fact Checkers | LawSites[13]
Jan 27 2026launchAugust Launches New Approach to Legal AI with Instant Self-Serve Platform and 100+ Video Tutori.[11][12]
Comps

Harvey · harvey.ai · Same product category — AI-assisted document review, drafting, and due diligence for law firms — and named alongside August in Artificial Lawyer coverage of the legal AI market.[6][14]

Luminance · luminance.com · Direct workflow overlap — AI-powered due diligence and document review for law firms — and cited in the same Artificial Lawyer market coverage as August.[6][14]

Spellbook · spellbook.legal · Same buyer segment (small and midsize law firms) and overlapping contract drafting and review workflow that August also targets.[1][6]

Clio · clio.com · Same buyer (small and midsize law firms) and overlapping workflow scope — August's platform now covers invoicing and firm management alongside AI, directly competing for the same firm-wide software budget.[1]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[21]

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CALL NO.CS·AUGUST·26

Configurable legal AI workspace for midsize law firms, automating document-heavy work such as due diligence, contract review, and discovery preparation.

august.law · New York

StageSeed
Raised$7M
Headcount23
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2023
CompsHarvey +3

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