Ex-Y Combinator Lawyer Launches AI-Native Firm to Reduce Startup Legal Costs

This ex-Y Combinator lawyer thinks startups are overpaying for legal work — and he's got a plan

Mitch Duncombe. Vector Legal At Y Combinator, Mitch Duncombe saw founders spend an astonishing amount of money on lawyers. Now he's building an "AI-native" law firm to help companies get off the ground more cheaply. That company, Vector Legal, has raised $5.19 million in a seed round led by Base 10 Partners. Attorney Mitch Duncombe spent years inside Y Combinator, the tech world's startup factory, helping founders raise money. He also watched them hand a lot of it straight to their lawyers....