Pincites (now Filevine LOIS for Word)
https://www.filevine.com/platform/lois-for-word/
YC-W24 contract-review AI; auto-redlines vendor contracts based on the in-house playbook. $3.6M seed 2024 (Y Combinator + Liquid 2). Targets in-house legal at SaaS companies. Acquired by Filevine (2025-12; announced 2026-01-14); the product became LOIS for Word, part of Filevine's Legal Operating Intelligence System.
Acquired · Verified 2026-10-29 · fresh as of 2026-10-29 · 18 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · 2 recorded changes · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- AI for contract negotiation vendor fix
- Tier
- T3
- Created
- 2024 (founded; YC W24) vendor fix
- Latest release
- not applicable — wrong section fix
- License
- not applicable — not OSS fix
- GitHub
- not applicable — no GitHub repo fix
- Pricing
- not applicable — wrong section fix
- Funding
- Acquired by Filevine (2025-12; announced 2026-01-14); prior $3.6M seed 2024 (YC + Liquid 2) vendor fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-29 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- commercial vendor fix
- Compliance
- soc2-type2 vendor fix
When to use
Optimised for: in-house legal contract-redlining
Anti-fit: not applicable — wrong section
Pros & cons
Pros
YC-W24; sharp playbook-aware redline focus.
Cons
Early-stage; small footprint; niche use case.
Claims & capabilities
YC W24; $3.6M seed; auto-redlines vendor contracts based on customer playbook
Technical surface
- API surface
- not applicable — wrong section
- Backend storage
- not applicable — wrong section
- Deployment
- not applicable — wrong section
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- not applicable — wrong section
- MCP
- not applicable — wrong section
- A2A
- not applicable — wrong section
- OpenTelemetry
- not applicable — wrong section
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Sources (17 cited facts, 1 third-party)
Each fact links to the page it came from; the badge says who published it (how to read sources).
- What it is AI for contract negotiation vendor
- What it does & what's distinct YC-W24 contract-review AI; auto-redlines vendor contracts based on the in-house playbook… vendor
- Claims / benefits YC W24; $3.6M seed; auto-redlines vendor contracts based on customer playbook vendor
- Created 2024 (founded; YC W24) vendor
- Funding Acquired by Filevine (2025-12; announced 2026-01-14); prior $3.6M seed 2024 (YC + Liquid… vendor
- HQ San Francisco vendor
- Founders / pedigree Jake Heller (CEO; ex-Casetext founder) — note: Casetext founder Jake Heller; verify vendor
- Optimised for in-house legal contract-redlining vendor
- Pros YC-W24; sharp playbook-aware redline focus. vendor
- Cons Early-stage; small footprint; niche use case. vendor
- Project & sources www.pincites.com/ vendor
- adoption-accelerator yc-s23 third-party
- architecture-deployment-locus cloud vendor
- licensing-bucket commercial vendor
- positioning-platform-vs-product product vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- compliance-certifications soc2-type2 vendor
What changed
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- 2026-10-29
- Name “Pincites” → “Pincites (now Filevine LOIS for Word)”
- Funding / ownership “$3.6M seed 2024 (YC + Liquid 2)” → “Acquired by Filevine (2025-12; announced 2026-01-14); prior $3.6M seed 2024 (YC + Liquid 2)” source
- 2026-10-28
- Homepage “https://www.pincites.com/” → “https://www.filevine.com/platform/lois-for-word/”