Business Insider · May 2026
Explains how the company raised $9M and frames Moritz as a law firm-plus-software startup built by a former OpenAI outside counsel.
Startup legal work handled by elite lawyers & same-day turnaround
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Arcline (now branded as Moritz) is an AI-native legal services company for startups and fast-moving companies. It uses AI to draft most of each matter, then elite lawyers review the final work, with an emphasis on same-day turnaround, fixed upfront pricing, and global support across multiple jurisdictions.
Primary product
AI-native legal services for startups (same-day legal work with lawyer review)
Founded
2025
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway; also listed as San Francisco, CA, United States on company and LinkedIn profiles
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Legal Services
Sub-industry
Legal Tech / AI legal services
Offices
Oslo, Norway
San Francisco, CA, United States
London, England
Business model
fixed-fee legal services
AI-assisted law firm
volume-based enterprise pricing
fractional general counsel
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$9.5M
Latest round
Seed · May 2026
Latest amount
$9M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & AI Lead / CTO
Co-founder & CTO
Daniel Dalla Vedova
COO
Investors
20VC
Antler
Founders of Cruise
Founders of Dropbox
Founders of ElevenLabs
Founders of Gusto
Founders of Hugging Face
Founders of Instacart
Founders of Lovable
Founders of Mixpanel
Founders of OpenAI
Founders of Product Hunt
Founders of Reddit
Founders of Runway
Founders of Silo AI
Founders of Superhuman
Founders of WorkOS
Inception Fund
Thommessen
Urban Innovation Fund
Y Combinator
Work & culture
Fast-moving, high-ownership, collaborative, and precision-oriented; the company emphasizes trust, security, compliance, and close collaboration with legal teams.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
YC job listings show salary bands roughly from $80K-$150K, $100K-$150K, and $130K-$240K depending on role/location, plus about 0.10%-1.00% equity.
Product & market
Pricing
Fixed upfront fees for standard matters; enterprise volume pricing for larger users; no retainers or hourly billing.
Differentiators
- —Same-day turnaround
- —AI handles about 80% of the work with lawyer review of the final 20%
- —fixed upfront pricing
- —startup-focused workflows
- —Slack integration / fractional general counsel workflow
- —coverage across US, EU, and Australia
Technology
Framer Sites
React 16.13.1
PHP
Azure
Node.js
Express
PostgreSQL
Temporal
Slack integration
SAML SSO
Customers
Rhizome AI
Didit
Corgi
VOYGR
Crafted
50+ venture-backed startups across the US and Nordics/Europe
early YC startups
companies with 100+ in-house lawyers
Competitors
Lawhive
Lexoo
Lawyered
UpCounsel
MyAdvo
LegalMatch
Clerky
Rocket Lawyer
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$330K ARR (2025 estimate)
Latest news
Sifted · May 2026
Describes the company as a Norwegian startup backed by YC, 20VC, Urban Innovation Fund, and many unicorn founders.
Business Insider · May 2026
Reports Moritz (formerly Arcline) raised $9M in four days, backed by YC, 20VC, Urban Innovation Fund, Inception Fund, and a large group of individual investors.
Law.com Legaltech News · May 2026
Covers the funding round, the hybrid/MSO structure, the AI-assisted legal workflow, and the company’s plans to scale into the U.S. and Europe.
LinkedIn · May 2026
Officially announces the Arcline-to-Moritz rebrand while keeping the same team and mission.
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