Empowering Legal Teams at Industry Leaders including Gusto, 8x8, Acorns and Bloom Energy

BURLINGAME, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 30, 2025 / Streamline AI, the AI-powered intake & matter management platform built for in-house legal teams, today announced it has closed $14M in total funding, following a $8.6M Series A round led by Blumberg Capital, with participation from Tribeca Venture Partners, Acronym Venture Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and Scribble Ventures. Trusted by legal teams at industry leaders such as Gusto, 8x8, Acorns, and Bloom Energy, the new capital will fuel market expansion to meet surging demand from mid-market and enterprise legal departments struggling with manual processes and resource constraints.

The legal technology sector experienced a record $4.98 billion in global fundingin 2024, fueled by artificial intelligence. AI is enhancing automation, efficiency, and compliance within corporate legal departments, where the demand for operational efficiency is increasing in parallel with rising workloads. Escalating demands for internal legal resources are particularly acute for high-growth and regulated organizations, where rapid expansion and mounting legal demands often overwhelm existing resources, leading to costly outsourcing, bottlenecks, and team burnout.

Founded in 2020 by former DoorDash attorney Kathy Zhu and Google product leader Julian Wimbush, Streamline AI emerged from real-world problems that Zhu experienced while scaling DoorDash's legal department during the pandemic and the company's explosive growth period.

"I witnessed firsthand how manual intake and workflow processes can cripple even the most talented legal teams," said Kathy Zhu, CEO and co-founder of Streamline AI. "This funding will accelerate our mission to eliminate the frustrations and inefficiencies that plague in-house legal departments. We've spoken to hundreds of attorneys over the past year and the takeaway is clear: in-house teams desperately need to move away from emails and spreadsheets to a centralized system purpose-built for legal workflows. Legal should be viewed as a revenue-enabler, not a cost-center."

Unlike generic workflow tools retrofitted for legal use, Streamline AI was built from the ground up to handle the complexities of legal operations. The platform's AI-powered intake automatically extracts and structures information from incoming emails, while its conversational AI assistant handles routine questions that would otherwise consume attorney time. The future of Streamline AI: serving as the mission control and a system of record for legal teams.

"Streamline has become a valued technology partner for 8x8, helping us achieve our vision of a more agile Legal team," said Ilan Hornstein, Global Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at 8x8 (Nasdaq: EGHT). "Streamline gives visibility and empowers our team with the clear insights needed to be highly responsive and build stronger trust with Sales, Finance and other internal partners. It was a fast setup and we quickly began saving 30 minutes to an hour on every request, delivering real efficiency and enhancing Legal's reputation across the business."

Streamline AI supports more than 500 in-house lawyers and has been credited with major efficiency gains, including 40-50% reduction in request turnaround times, 25% faster response times, and new metrics and insights to identify process bottlenecks. Beyond its powerful legal intake and triage capabilities, its product suite has rapidly expanded, with new features for matter management, cross-functional collaboration, AI-powered knowledge management, automated reminders, and document generation. Streamline AI has also developed robust integrations, including deep, two-way functionality with the CLM category leader, Ironclad, alongside pre-built connections to key legal systems and a powerful API for custom extensions.

"Kathy, Julian and team bring an exceptional, inside-out understanding of how legal teams operate - and they've translated that into a platform that's driving real results for customers today," said Pramod Gosavi, Sr. Principal at Blumberg Capital and Streamline AI board member. "The team's customer-first approach, combined with early traction from forward-thinking legal teams, puts them in a powerful position to define the future of how modern in-house legal departments operate."

About Streamline AI

Streamline AI is the modern, AI-powered platform designed specifically for busy in-house legal teams to automate intake, triage, and matter management processes. Founded in 2020 by former DoorDash AGC Kathy Zhu and Google product leader Julian Wimbush, Streamline AI provides real-time visibility, automated workflows, and comprehensive metrics & insights that help legal teams become more efficient, demonstrate their value, and eliminate perceptions of Legal being a bottleneck. Legal teams at industry leaders such as Gusto, 8x8, and Bloom Energy trust Streamline AI to transform their operations. For more information, visit www.streamline.ai.

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