Our story

We make contracts understandable

LexAI was founded in 2023 by a lawyer and an AI researcher who were tired of watching businesses sign contracts they didn't fully understand. We built the tool we wished existed.

Our mission

Democratize legal intelligence for every business

Every year, businesses lose billions of dollars to unfavorable contract terms they simply didn't notice — buried in dense legalese on page 14, or hidden in a 30-day auto-renewal clause.

LexAI uses state-of-the-art AI to read contracts the way a senior attorney would — spotting risk, surfacing key terms, and explaining everything in plain English. In seconds, not hours.

50,000+

Contracts analyzed

120,000+

Hours saved

1,200+

Teams using LexAI

< 30s

Average time to insight

What we believe

Our values

Clarity over complexity

Legal language is opaque by design. We believe everyone deserves to understand what they are signing.

Security first

Contracts contain sensitive business information. We treat your data with the highest security standards.

Built for teams

The best contract workflows happen collaboratively. LexAI is designed to scale from one person to entire legal departments.

Accessible to all

Not every company can afford a full legal team. AI should level the playing field for startups and SMBs.

The people behind it

Meet the team

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Alex Mercer

Co-founder & CEO

Former M&A attorney at a top-10 law firm. Spent years reviewing contracts before deciding to automate the tedious parts.

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Priya Sharma

Co-founder & CTO

Built NLP systems at a leading AI research lab. Passionate about making language models actually useful in legal workflows.

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Jordan Ellis

Head of Product

Previously led product at two legaltech unicorns. Deeply focused on building tools lawyers actually want to use.

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Sam Chen

Head of Engineering

Full-stack engineer with a decade of experience building enterprise SaaS. Cares obsessively about reliability and performance.

Ready to try it?

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