Stilta has secured $10.5 million in funding to accelerate the development of its agentic AI platform focused on patent litigation, intellectual property defence, and patent monetisation.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Y Combinator and founders and operators from companies including Sana, Legora, OpenAI, Lovable, and Listen Labs.
Applying Agentic AI To Intellectual Property
Founded in 2026 by four former members of McKinsey & Company’s AI division, Stilta is building AI systems designed to analyse large-scale intellectual property and scientific research data.
The company argues that patents remain one of the most underutilised assets in modern business despite intangible assets accounting for the majority of enterprise value across public markets.
According to Stilta, many patents are never defended, enforced, or commercialised because the process of analysing patent portfolios and identifying infringement opportunities remains highly manual, expensive, and time-consuming.
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Analysing Massive Patent And Research Datasets
Stilta’s platform uses AI agents capable of reasoning across more than 180 million patents, 250 million scientific publications, and over one trillion archived web pages.
The system is designed to help enterprises, legal teams, and IP firms identify infringement risks, licensing opportunities, defensive strategies, and previously hidden portfolio value.
Unlike traditional legal research workflows, the company says every AI-generated output is directly linked to supporting source material and evidence.
The platform is already being used by companies including Roche, Alfa Laval, and Maersk, alongside pilot projects with several of the world’s largest intellectual property law firms.
Expanding Across Stockholm And New York
The newly raised capital will be used to expand Stilta’s engineering, patent analysis, and commercial teams across Stockholm and New York.
According to co-founder and CEO Oskar Block, AI is rapidly transforming how intellectual property is enforced and defended across industries.
“When one company starts using AI for patent enforcement, competitors quickly need to follow,” Block said.
“We built Stilta to become the platform organisations rely on when intellectual property disputes and strategic decisions carry significant business consequences.”
About Stilta
Stilta is an AI company focused on patent litigation, intellectual property defence, and patent monetisation. Founded in 2026 by former McKinsey AI specialists, the company develops agentic AI systems that analyse large-scale patent, scientific, and web datasets to help organisations uncover infringement risks, licensing opportunities, and hidden portfolio value.
