Lex Machina
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- Carla Rydholm, General Manager and Head of Product
- Joshua Walker, Co-founder
- George Gregory, Co-founder
| Industry | Legal analytics, legal technology |
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| Products | Signature Block Analyzer; Attorney Data Engine |
| Services | Legal analytics research platform |
| Owner | LexisNexis[1] |
Number of employees | 150[2] |
| Website | lexmachina |
Lex Machina, Inc. is a company that provides legal analytics to legal professionals. It began as an IP litigation research company[3] and is now a division of LexisNexis.[1] The company started as a project at Stanford University within the university's law school and computer science department before launching as a startup in Menlo Park, California.[4] Lex Machina provides a SaaS product to legal professionals to aid in their practice, research, and business.
Lex Machina initially began in 2006 as a public interest project at Stanford University by Professor Mark Lemley and co-founders George Gregory and Joshua Walker.[5] The project was developed within the university's law school and computer science department under the IP Litigation Clearinghouse (IPLC) project.[4] Lex Machina was incorporated in 2008 and launched the following year.[6][7] The name "Lex Machina" is a Latin phrase meaning "law machine" that Walker had used in a research paper he wrote in 2004. Walker was named the CEO of the company until venture capitalist Josh Becker took over in 2011.[2] In 2015 the company was acquired by LexisNexis.[1] Former CTO Karl Harris became CEO of Lex Machina in 2018. In 2024, Carla Rydholm became General Manager of Lex Machina.[citation needed]