Vesence, an AI agent platform for law firms operating within Microsoft Office, has raised $9M in seed funding led by Emergence, with participation from Creandum, Y Combinator, and 20VC. Angel investors include Paul Graham, Anton Osika, and Jason Bohemig.
Vesence enables document, email, and project review directly within Word and Outlook before client access.
Two key differentiators set Vesence apart. First, technical breakthroughs allow agents to operate fully inside Microsoft Office, impressing even Microsoft engineers. Second, unlike most AI tools focused on content generation, Vesence emphasizes reviewing, suggesting improvements, and fixing issues while keeping lawyers in control.
Early results show a firm-wide rollout achieved 90% weekly active usage across all levels, from senior partners to junior associates. New pilot users report superior experiences compared to Microsoft Copilot and similar solutions.
The concept originated from demonstrating Cursor to a lawyer friend, revealing a need for agents that verify work against firm best practices, style guides, formatting rules, and connected documents — rather than generating general AI content. Vesence addresses this need with a rigor-focused tool for professional services.
“This funding supports three priorities: expanding our AI capabilities, growing our team with talent from Google, BCG X, and MIT, and scaling to more law firms,” said the Vesence team.