Democratizing the Law with AI

Democratize the law with AI, predictive analytics, and a massive legal database.

“Three guys over a cocktail napkin” founded Fastcase with Spencer Trask & Co. as their largest shareholder. The service gave access to the entire corpus of U.S. law—all 50 states, federal and appellate courts, the U.S. Code, Federal Register, and the complete Congressional Record.

Using AI-enhanced analytics tools, Fastcase delivered unprecedented insights into millions of legal documents, including prediction indicators for judges, venues, and opposing attorneys.

To strengthen its technology, Fastcase acquired Judicata—a legal search firm funded by Peter Thiel and led by Blake Masters (Zero to One author and COO of Thiel Ventures) with the Judicata senior team joining Fastcase.

Fastcase created the world’s largest legal database by merging with its international counterpart, vLex. Today, the combined firm serves a subscriber base of 3.8 million users across more than 100 countries.

In June 2025, Clio acquired vLex-Fastcase for $1 billion in cash. Integrating the firm’s global research,AI capabilities and practice-management platform, vLex-Fastcase is now fulfilling its mission at global scale—democratizing legal access for the world.