# XLSCOUT

> XLSCOUT is an AI-powered intellectual property and innovation platform that uses large language models and generative AI to compress patent work that used to take days into minutes. Spun out of patent-research firm TT Consultants and launched in 2020, its suite of LLM modules - Novelty Checker, Drafting, Invalidator, ClaimChart, PatDigger, TechScaper and the Ideacue ideation tool - helps R&D teams, corporations and law firms validate ideas, run prior art and invalidity searches, draft patents, map infringement and monetize portfolios. The platform is SOC 2 Type II certified, serves clients in more than 100 countries, and counts Mitsubishi, NTT, Osram and IIT Madras among its users.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Toronto, Canada
- **Founders:** Jitin Talwar (Co-Founder), Komal Sharma Talwar (Co-Founder & Director)
- **Team size:** Approximately 50-60 employees (LinkedIn lists ~58); built on the in-house AI/LLM platform of sister firm TT Consultants, which employs 200+ across five countries.
- **Products:** Novelty Checker LLM, Ideacue, Drafting LLM, Invalidator LLM, ClaimChart LLM
- **Notable:** SOC 2 Type II certified IP and innovation platform., Released ParaEmbed 2.0 with Hugging Face - a patent-tuned embedding model 23% more accurate than its predecessor, serving ~2,700 embeddings/second., Open-sourced the ParaEmbed embedding model on Hugging Face.

## Products & services

- **Novelty Checker LLM** — AI prior art and patentability search that returns a quality patent research report in roughly five minutes, using LLMs and reinforcement learning to map an invention's key features.
- **Ideacue** — Generative-AI ideation and brainstorming tool that helps inventors and IP teams generate, expand and validate novel ideas.
- **Drafting LLM** — Automated patent drafting that produces claims and specifications, supporting multi-jurisdictional filing pathways.
- **Invalidator LLM** — AI invalidity search that surfaces prior art to challenge or stress-test the validity of existing patents.
- **ClaimChart LLM** — Automated claim charting and infringement analysis that maps patent claims against products or standards.
- **PatDigger LLM** — Portfolio analysis and licensing tool that mines patent portfolios to find high-value, monetizable assets.
- **TechScaper LLM** — Technology scouting and landscape tracking module for monitoring emerging tech and competitors.
- **ParaEmbed** — An open-source embedding model fine-tuned on patent and technology data, built with Hugging Face's expert support; ParaEmbed 2.0 delivers a 23% accuracy boost over v1.

## Achievements

- SOC 2 Type II certified IP and innovation platform.
- Released ParaEmbed 2.0 with Hugging Face - a patent-tuned embedding model 23% more accurate than its predecessor, serving ~2,700 embeddings/second.
- Open-sourced the ParaEmbed embedding model on Hugging Face.
- Novelty Checker LLM produces a patent research report in about five minutes using reinforcement learning.
- CEO Sandeep Agarwal named to IAM Magazine's Top 300 IP Strategists.
- Co-founder Komal Sharma Talwar featured in Nikkei, Japan.
- Serves 200+ clients across 100+ countries, including Mitsubishi, NTT, Osram and IIT Madras.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Launched ParaEmbed 2.0 with Hugging Face, a patent-tuned embedding model with a 23% accuracy gain over v1.
- **2023-10** — Released ParaEmbed 1.0 and open-sourced it on Hugging Face.
- **2023-08** — Appointed Sandeep Agarwal as CEO, bringing two decades of IP licensing and acquisition experience from Adeia/Xperi/Tessera.

## Links

- Website: https://xlscout.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xlscout-ai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/xlscout
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@xlscout
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xlscout

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/xlscout
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-06-11