Former US Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust head Jonathan Kanter has teamed up with his former deputy Doha Mekki to launch an AI legaltech start-up designed to help lawyers handle complex litigation more efficiently.
The platform, FluxCap, has been developed over the past year with the help of $6.4m in seed funding.
Investors include litigation funder Burford Capital, start-up accelerator Y Combinator, Bloomberg Beta, Deep Work Capital, Coalition Operators and Omidyar Network.
FluxCap is designed to help plaintiff lawyers and government agencies analyse large volumes of documents, identify connections across evidence and develop stronger legal arguments and litigation strategies.
The platform comprises three connected systems: Almanac, which organises legal rules and litigation knowledge to support research; the FluxFacts Engine, which links factual claims to supporting evidence; and Vision Manager, which helps lawyers develop and test litigation strategies, including evaluating arguments and identifying potential challenges.
FluxCap will initially focus on antitrust litigation, with plans to expand into other practice areas.
Kanter said: "FluxCap understands the work, knows what it takes to win, and is built to the standard we held ourselves to at the Justice Department. It gives a small team of great lawyers the firepower to take on opponents many times their size."
Mekki said: "Too often, meritorious cases never get brought because of the time, expense, and resources required to investigate and litigate well.
"That gap affects everyone who depends on the legal system, including working families and businesses of all stripes. We're building FluxCap to help close the gap and deliver the infrastructure lawyers need to litigate cases at scale."
Kanter served as assistant attorney general for the DOJ's antitrust division from 2021 to 2024 before joining Carnegie Mellon University as a distinguished service professor. Mekki served as principal deputy assistant attorney general and briefly led the division in an acting capacity.
The launch comes amid growing investment in AI tools for litigation. In September, US plaintiff law firm Morgan & Morgan unveiled its proprietary AI platform MX2, having pledged to invest at least $1bn in technology over the next decade.
The platform is designed to support litigation through tasks including trial preparation, document drafting and analysis of medical records.
The firm, which has already invested $300m in technology and AI over the past five years, plans to make MX2 available to other law firms on an invitation-only basis by the end of 2027.
Earlier this month, New York-based mass action legaltech start-up Chariot Claims raised $10m in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered platform, which works with law firms to help consumers pursue claims against major corporations through mass litigation and arbitration.
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