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# About GC AI: Legal AI Built by a 3x General Counsel

> GC AI brings AI to in-house legal, built by three-time General Counsel Cecilia Ziniti and AI engineer Bardia Pourvakil. 2,100+ legal teams, $73M raised.

## AI for in-house legal, built around GC realities

In-house legal is fast-paced and complex. Our AI platform combines legal expertise with cutting-edge technology to help you stay ahead.

[Book a Demo](/book-a-demo) · [Login](https://app.gc.ai/auth/sign-in)

## Where high-performing legal teams learn AI

- **2,100+ In-house legal teams trust GC AI every day**
- **2023 General Counsel AI officially launched and incorporated**
- **8,000+ Legal professionals trained on practical AI adoption**
- **9M+ Documents and workflows accelerated through GC AI**

- **The moment we saw the future of legal work** — GC AI was born of our CEO Cecilia's first-hand experience at the intersection of technology and in-house legal practice.

In early 2022, Cecilia had access to pre-ChatGPT language models. She tried drafting contract language and reviewing an agreement, and saw how artificial intelligence could transform legal work.

After she got the chills trying it (!), Cecilia became obsessed. She and our cofounder Bardia worked at Replit, which was already making software development better with AI.
- **In-house legal teams needed something different** — Driven by a shared belief that AI could empower, not replace, lawyers, we launched a newsletter about AI and legal. Then, we began teaching AI prompting to legal professionals. That dialogue with early adopters and lawyers ahead of the curve shaped our vision: to build sophisticated, reliable AI tools for deep knowledge work that meet the precision demands of in-house teams.

Most legal AI was being built for law firms or sold as general-purpose tools that happened to have a legal use case. Neither understood how in-house teams actually work: company-specific playbooks, cross-functional stakeholders, and a risk tolerance that changes by deal. We built GC AI for that workflow.

## Built by people who understand both sides of the problem

Made by a three-time General Counsel and former BigLaw litigator. Powered by an experienced AI engineer.

- **Cecilia Ziniti** — Co-Founder & CEO, GC AI
- **Bardia Pourvakil** — Co-Founder & CTO, GC AI

## Our investors

- Scale Venture Partners
- Sound Ventures
- Northzone
- Fellows Fund
- Worklife Ventures
- Aglaé Ventures
- The Council
- TIPTOP VC
- Guillermo Rauch
- Silver Circle
- News Corp
- California Innovation Fund

## Check out our latest press

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## Get started today

Book a Demo and learn how GC AI can help your legal team save time and get more done.

What to expect:

- A walkthrough of the platform, tailored to your team's use cases.
- Q&A session about security, integrations, and onboarding.
- A 14-day free trial if the platform looks like a fit for your team.