Legal Tech · sub-niche
Deposition summarization.
Transcripts + AI summaries + searchable databases of deposition testimony.
One-quarter buildTrickle — one deal per quarter
Why now
Depositions are core litigation work. AI summarization + search is high-value.
What the signal looks like
Repos with transcript-ingest libraries, summarization models, and case-management integrations.
Public examples
We name publicprojects + categories only — never founders we track inside the paid product. The buyer’s edge stays inside the product.
- Veritext / Steno adjacency
- Lit Software shape
- Open-source deposition libraries
What this displaces
A junior associate + 100 pages of transcript per night.
Our build-vs-invest call
Niche. Fund only with prior legal-tech background. The moat is the integration with deposition vendors + the case-management workflow.
Common questions about this niche
- Buyer?
- Litigators.
- Pricing?
- Per deposition or per case.
- Defensibility?
- Integration + workflow.
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