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Patlytics
Patlytics is a New York-based, AI-native software platform built specifically for patent and intellectual property work. It gives corporate IP teams and law firms one system to run the full patent lifecycle - invention harvesting, application drafting, infringement detection, invalidity analysis, claim charts, prosecution, due diligence and portfolio management - replacing the disconnected legacy tools attorneys traditionally stitch together. Founded in 2024 by CEO Paul Lee and CTO Arthur Jen, the company reached roughly $58.5M-$65M in total funding in under two and a half years and counts more than 40% of the Am Law 100 among its users.
Tradespace
Tradespace is a San Francisco company building an end-to-end, AI-powered platform for managing intellectual property. It covers the full patent lifecycle - invention capture, AI-assisted drafting, prosecution, portfolio management and commercialization - so in-house IP teams can run a scalable function without paying traditional law-firm billable-hour rates. The platform manages over 440,000 patents for 80+ organizations, including Fortune 500 companies and roughly 75% of top US research universities.
IP Author
IP Author is an AI-powered patent drafting and prosecution platform for corporate patent teams and IP law firms. Founded in 2023 and based in Fremont, California, it unifies invention disclosure, patent drafting, prior art search, and office action responses into a single generative-AI workspace. The company says its tools cut drafting time by 40-60%, generating full applications - claims, specifications, abstracts, and diagrams - in hours instead of days. Customers include Qualcomm, ResMed, Chevron, and Elmos Semiconductor.
Solve Intelligence
Solve Intelligence is an AI platform built for the patent lifecycle. Through an in-browser document editor, patent attorneys, agents and in-house IP teams draft, prosecute, and now litigate patents faster - reporting 60-90% time savings while keeping quality high. Founded in 2023 and backed by Y Combinator, Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, 20VC and Visionaries, it is used by 400+ IP teams across six continents and raised a $40M Series B in December 2025, bringing total funding to $55M.