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Sandstone

Sandstone is an AI-native workflow platform that unifies intake, context, and execution for in-house legal teams.

sandstone.com · New York

CALL NO.CS·SANDSTONE·26
StageSeries AJune 2026 · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners[1][2][5]
Raised$40Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][5]
Headcount34as of Jun 2026[7]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2025[7]
Money

Raised $40M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][5]

Series A closed June 2026, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.[1][2][5]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, SV Angel, Operator Partners, Kearny Jackson, Daybreak Ventures, Litquidity Ventures.[1][2][4][5]

People

Nick Fleisher, Co-Founder & CEO[1][3][9][10]

Jarryd Strydom, Co-Founder & COO[1][3][9][10]

Liam Germain, Co-Founder[1][3][9][10]

Jessica Nguyen, President, Chief Strategy & Legal Officer[2][5][7]

Bo Xiang, Chief Product Officer, Founding Product and Legal[2][5][7]

Edward Atkins, Head of Machine Learning[2][5][7]

Maggie Pote, Head of Marketing and Community[2][5][7]

Signals
Jun 9 2026fundingSandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams[1][2][5]
Jun 9 2026fundingThe Operating System for In-House Legal: Our Series A in Sandstone[3]
Jan 13 2026fundingEx-McKinsey Founder Wins Sequoia Funds for Legal AI Startup, Sandstone[4]
Jan 13 2026launchSandstone Launches with $10M Seed Led by Sequoia to Usher in the Era of AI-Native Legal Departments company claim, not independently confirmed[6]
Comps

Harvey · harvey.ai · Named in TechCrunch and Dealroom as the leading AI legal tool that Sandstone is explicitly positioned against; both compete for legal AI budget, though Harvey targets law firms while Sandstone targets in-house teams.[1][8]

Legora · legora.ai · Named alongside Harvey in TechCrunch and Dealroom as the other major AI legal tool; both are the reference points for the legal AI vertical Sandstone enters.[1][8]

Anthropic Claude for Legal · anthropic.com · TechCrunch and Dealroom cite Anthropic's Claude for Legal as the frontier-lab encroachment risk on Sandstone's specialized approach, competing for the same legal AI budget.[1][8]

Risk

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Sandstone

CALL NO.CS·SANDSTONE·26

Sandstone is an AI-native workflow platform that unifies intake, context, and execution for in-house legal teams.

sandstone.com · New York

StageSeries A
Raised$40M
Headcount34
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2025
CompsHarvey +2

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