Stilta banked €9.7M ($10.5M) in Seed funding to automate intellectual property research and patent analysis. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Y Combinator and operators from OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable.
The Stockholm-based startup uses a network of AI agents to perform the manual labour associated with IP litigation. Users provide a patent number and relevant documentation, and the platform identifies conflicting claims, flags similar property, and pulls comprehensive filing and court histories. The software generates litigation-grade reports and claim charts with specific evidence citations, aiming to reduce the cost and time of patent enforcement.
CEO Oskar Block founded the company alongside Tobias Estreen, Petrus Werner, and Oscar Adamsson after observing the slow, manual processes used by patent attorneys. The platform focuses on the analytical "bottleneck" of the legal industry, enabling companies to evaluate and license portfolios that were previously too expensive to analyse or enforce.
As legal tech remains a resilient sector for venture capital, Stilta reflects a shift in European enterprise software towards vertical AI agents designed to handle specific, high-value professional workflows.
Originally reported by TechCrunch.