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From Issue 75 (2026-10-18) · 29 stories in this issue

29 VC

❯ Chariot raises $10 million to use AI to find consumer cases and organize evidence for law firms

A law-firm service provider gets a Series ACrunchbase News reported on October 15 that Chariot raised $10 million in Series A led by Silverton Partners, with Lightbank, FJ Labs and others, for $15.7 million in total; no valuation was disclosed. It is breaking even, and the money mainly goes to hiring and product, including AI tools for case review.

Finding plaintiffs for law firmsWhen companies add hidden fees, make subscriptions hard to cancel, track users without consent or leak data, many consumers are hurt but each loses little, so few sue. Chariot scans public records such as federal filings for potential cases, uses AI to analyze allegations and write memos for firms, finds affected consumers through ads and fintech partners, checks eligibility in real time and sends vetted claims to partner firms.

200,000 submissions a monthBased in New York with about 15 people, Chariot typically gets more than 200,000 claim submissions a month, tests ads for about 30 potential cases monthly and pursues about 10, and has taken on about 80 cases since adopting its model. It charges firms flat fees while firms work on contingency; it isn’t a law firm and doesn’t sue itself.

A new nameChariot was formerly ClaimClam, which announced a $3.6 million seed round led by Indicator Ventures in April 2025. Founder and CEO Zim Hang says the goal is to “make unethical unprofitable.” It has received cease-and-desist letters over using company names in ads.

Complete files make cases easierIn mass consumer cases, checking thousands of people’s eligibility and evidence takes the most time. Chariot plans to let users connect email so software finds receipts and charges automatically; Hang estimates that could raise claim volume 10x to 100x, letting firms take more cases and decide faster.

▮ SIGNALAI makes small, scattered consumer claims worth pursuing, and doing the legwork of organizing evidence for law firms has become a paid business.