By the end of 2025, it had become clear that legal teams were no longer just talking about AI — they were actively relying on it. Wordsmith AI closed the year with a tenfold increase in revenue, a result that mirrors how quickly in-house legal departments are being asked to adapt. What once felt experimental has become practical, as companies look for ways to handle everyday legal work faster without adding pressure or headcount.
Wordsmith has grown by focusing on everyday problems rather than grand claims. Its platform allows routine legal tasks to be completed safely without constant legal oversight, freeing teams to spend time where their expertise matters most. As global brands across technology, travel and financial services continue to adopt the platform, the shift feels less like a trend and more like a reset. Legal AI, once cautiously tested, is now being embedded into daily business operations.
Behind the numbers is a simple reality facing legal teams everywhere. They are expected to move at the speed of the business, cut external legal spend, and still provide confidence and clarity across contracts and decisions. Wordsmith’s platform has found traction by quietly removing friction, allowing non-legal teams to handle routine tasks while legal professionals focus on judgement-heavy work. The recent addition of clients such as BT, Trip.com and Trustpilot suggests that legal AI is no longer a future promise, but an operational necessity.
The platform combines cutting-edge AI with decades of human legal experience to help in-house legal teams draft, review and negotiate contracts faster without compromising legal standards. More than 90% of users are on the platform daily, completing roughly 70 legal actions a week.
Following its $25M Series A last June and a record-breaking $100M valuation achieved in just 18 months, this momentum has earned the company a coveted place as one of just 14 businesses selected for Microsoft’s Agentic Launchpad. As one of the first businesses to be accepted onto the initiative, Wordsmith will gain access to Microsoft’s latest technologies, expert guidance, and global sales opportunities, as the Agentic Launchpad equips start-ups and scale-ups to redefine industries and lead in the era of agentic AI.
Ross McNairn, Co-Founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, said: “2025 was transformational for Wordsmith. Achieving 10x revenue growth while working with some of the most renowned businesses in the world is a powerful validation of both the problem we’re solving and the way we’re solving it. We started last year with 8 people and now we have over 80 working across Edinburgh, London, New York and more as the demand for our solution has grown.
“Legal teams are no longer willing to be a bottleneck to growth – they want tools that let them move at the speed of the business. Our progress in 2025 has laid the foundations for the next phase of Wordsmith’s evolution in what promises to be a massive 2026. We’re focused on building technology that doesn’t just support legal teams, but fundamentally redefines how legal work gets done, in turn driving efficiencies around the whole business.”
In 2026 Wordsmith will build on its participation in the Microsoft Agentic Launchpad, to roll out new products including its new Repositories product – a first of its kind tool designed to give legal teams instant access to an organisation’s knowledge bank, cutting document search from hours to seconds and due diligence from weeks to minutes. Wordsmith’s enhanced products will redefine the legal function for businesses, enabling them to unlock faster deal execution and operational efficiencies around the whole business.
