# Orbital

> Orbital (formerly Orbital Witness) is a London- and New York-based legal AI company building software that automates the paperwork-heavy work of real estate law. Its flagship product, Orbital Copilot, is a domain-specific AI agent that reads title reports, leases, surveys and contracts the way a real estate lawyer would - extracting key terms, flagging risk and drafting reports in a fraction of the usual time. Founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Edmond Boulle, Orbital supports around 200,000 property transactions a year for more than 5,000 professionals at firms including Clifford Chance, Slaughter & May, Mishcon de Reya and BCLP, and raised a $60M Series B in January 2026 to expand in the United States.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** London, United Kingdom (with a New York, USA office)
- **Founders:** Will Pearce (CEO & Co-Founder), Edmond Boulle (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~120 employees (2026), with plans to roughly double headcount following the Series B
- **Products:** Orbital Copilot, Orbital Witness, Orbital Copilot (US), Orbital Residential
- **Notable:** Raised a $60M Series B in January 2026, bringing total funding to roughly $75M since 2018., Grew to support around 200,000 real estate transactions per year for 5,000+ professionals., Reported saving legal teams more than 74 million minutes across tens of thousands of transactions.

## Products & services

- **Orbital Copilot** — A domain-specific AI agent that reviews complex real estate legal documents - title reports, leases, surveys, mortgages, contracts - extracts key provisions, flags risk, answers queries with transparent source citations, and drafts multi-page reports the way a real estate lawyer would.
- **Orbital Witness** — The cloud platform for property due diligence that aggregates, visualises and reports on property data and legal risk, including interactive site plans and property boundary mapping.
- **Orbital Copilot (US)** — A US-tailored version of the AI agent for American attorneys, supporting US title, survey and lease workflows as part of the company's US expansion.
- **Orbital Residential** — A product line applying Orbital's AI to residential real estate transactions alongside its commercial offering.

## Achievements

- Raised a $60M Series B in January 2026, bringing total funding to roughly $75M since 2018.
- Grew to support around 200,000 real estate transactions per year for 5,000+ professionals.
- Reported saving legal teams more than 74 million minutes across tens of thousands of transactions.
- Signed a transatlantic real estate AI partnership with global law firm BCLP.
- Positioned as the UK market leader in real estate legal AI, now expanding into the US.
- Built Orbital Copilot, described as the first real estate domain-specific AI agent of its kind.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Closed a $60M (~€50M) Series B led by Brighton Park Capital to accelerate AI for real estate law and fund US expansion, with plans to roughly double headcount.
- **2025** — Opened a New York office and launched a US-tailored version of Orbital Copilot for American attorneys.
- **2024** — Launched Orbital Copilot, a real estate domain-specific AI agent, and partnered with BCLP on transatlantic lease-reporting AI.
- **2023-05** — Raised £7.5M Series A led by Parker89 to automate paperwork-heavy property diligence.

## Links

- Website: https://orbital.tech
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbital-technology
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/OrbitalWitness
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@orbitalwitness

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Last updated: 2026-07-18