IPWatchdog · Apr 2026
Announced Certus, an AI agent for trademark clearance and filing; said it is available to select customers and that Edge is headquartered in San Francisco.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Edge Innovations, Inc. (Edge) is a San Francisco-based legal-tech startup building AI tools for IP professionals. Its flagship patent product, Ingenia, speeds patent drafting, figures, disclosures, and regionalization; Certus extends the platform into AI trademark clearance. Public materials emphasize security/privacy (SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, no model training on customer data). I did not find a public official GitHub or X account.
Primary product
Ingenia (AI patent drafting assistant)
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Legal Tech / IP software
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States (HQ)
Redwood City, California, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
demo-led direct sales
quote-based enterprise licensing
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Jan 2023
Latest amount
$500K
Jan 2023
People & investors
Leadership
CEO and Cofounder
Co-Founder and CTO
Business Development Officer
Work & culture
Small founder-led team focused on IP workflows, with frequent product shipping and a strong security/privacy posture.
Product & market
Pricing
Public pricing is not published; the company uses a demo-led sales motion.
Differentiators
- —Task-based AI for IP rather than generic chat
- —Patent drafting, figure generation, disclosure intake, and regionalization in one product family
- —Certus adds AI-generated trademark search strategies and result prioritization
- —SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance
- —No training on customer data
- —Data residency options based on practice location
- —Free AI proofreading bundled with drafting customers
- —Templates and multi-figure support for higher-volume matters
Technology
AI/LLM-based drafting
cloud-based editor
automated patent figure generation
trademark-search workflow integration
browser-based workflow
document templates
data encryption in transit and at rest
data residency controls
Customers
Nestlé
McCarter & English LLP
K&L Gates LLP
Fortune 500 companies
Am Law 100 firms
outside counsel
in-house counsel
patent attorneys
patent agents
inventors
Competitors
Solve Intelligence
DeepIP
Patlytics
Rowan Patents
PatentPal
Specifio
IPRally
Patsnap
PQAI
Lexar.ai
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$440K ARR (estimated)
Estimated monthly visits
1.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Edge blog · Apr 2026
Introduced figure formalization, letting users upload or create patent figures, including line drawings and charts, with faster turnaround and in-editor edits.
Edge blog · Mar 2025
Made AI proofreading available free to drafting customers and described error checks for antecedent basis, patent profanity, and reference errors.
Edge blog · Apr 2024
Added AI-generated flow charts and editing support for patent figures, with the feature initially described as beta.
Edge blog · Mar 2024
Added templates for repeatable matters and multi-figure descriptions to speed up bulk patent drafting work.
Jobs and careers at Edge
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