Personal injury law has long battled with inefficiency. Attorneys and paralegals waste countless hours manually reviewing medical records, drafting demand letters, and managing client intake. These repetitive tasks slow down case preparation and drain resources, a particular problem for contingency-fee law firms where efficiency directly affects profitability.
Tavrn tackles this challenge with a fully autonomous, AI-driven platform that automates the entire pre-litigation workflow. Through AI agents, law firms can cut costs, speed up case preparation, and focus on higher-value activities.
In an exclusive conversation with TFN, CEO Pedro Paulino explains, “We’ve proven that automation can radically reduce both the time and cost of preparing critical legal documents. This funding will help us expand our product suite, accelerate our go-to-market strategy, and establish Tavrn as the must-have platform for modern law practices.”
The company recently closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital, with participation from A*, Hummingbird Ventures, and Box Group, bringing Tavrn’s total funding to $21.6 million. “This funding round is more than just capital; it’s a signal that legal AI is entering a new chapter. We’re grateful to our partners who share our belief that law should be accessible, efficient, and empowered by technology,” Paulino adds.
Young founders, deep industry empathy
Tavrn was co-founded by Pedro Paulino and Vitor Vavolizza, two young but accomplished builders. At 25, Paulino, a Harvard College dropout, developed strategic rigour and pattern recognition skills through competitive chess. Vavolizza, 21, left Pomona College after teaching himself to code at age 11, bringing strong product intuition and a talent for building clean, scalable systems. Despite their youth, both founders are thoughtful and execution-driven, with a clear vision for legal AI’s impact.
Reflecting on the company’s origins, Paulino says, “Tavrn emerged from our desire to apply AI to industries where manual workflows still dominate and precision is paramount. After months of interviewing paralegals and shadowing firms, we understood the pain points behind medical chronologies and demand letters, not just as inefficiencies, but as mission-critical documents driving revenue and case outcomes. What started as curiosity became conviction: AI could not only speed up legal work but also improve its quality and accessibility.”
The founders’ collaboration with legal professionals created a solution aligned with legal work realities. “We’re building tools that act as force multipliers, enabling legal teams to handle more cases, serve more clients, and deliver better results without sacrificing precision,” Paulino emphasises.
Behind Tavrn: technology built for real legal work
Tavrn’s platform is purpose-built for personal injury law, automating critical workflows like medical chronologies and demand letters. Unlike generic legal AI tools, Tavrn’s product was developed with paralegals and attorneys, embedding legal expertise into every feature. This user-centric approach has improved adoption, accuracy, and time-to-value for law firms.
“What truly sets Tavrn apart is our commitment to full automation with high accuracy, not just AI-assisted drafting,” Paulino explains. “The platform delivers polished outputs that firms can use directly in their legal processes, enabling true workflow replacement.” Rather than merely augmenting manual work, Tavrn replaces it entirely, turning weeks of effort into hours and allowing firms to handle more cases with greater accuracy.
Tavrn’s innovative pricing model reflects this approach. The company charges annual flat fees with usage-based components, moving away from traditional seat-based pricing to align value with work delivered. “Tavrn proves that AI can do more than assist legal teams; it can help them scale with precision,” Paulino says.
Looking ahead: scaling legal AI
With strong traction in the US personal injury market and growing customer demand, Tavrn is focused on expanding its impact. Over the next three to five years, the company aims to become the go-to AI infrastructure for personal injury law. Paulino outlines the roadmap: “We plan to scale our go-to-market approach, grow both our sales and engineering teams, and continue building category-defining products that span the entire personal injury lifecycle, from client intake to case resolution.”
Tavrn plans to expand beyond medical chronologies and demand letters to include AI-powered solutions for client intake, medical record retrieval, demand generation, eDiscovery, and case preparation. Each workflow represents a critical point in a firm’s ability to deliver results efficiently at scale. “Our five-year ambition is clear: to become the dominant AI platform that personal injury attorneys trust to deliver better outcomes faster, reshaping legal services in one of the profession’s most operationally intensive areas,” Paulino says.
Tavrn’s mission is to bring legal services into the AI era, starting with personal injury law, where outcomes depend on speed, documentation quality, and operational scale. “We’re building tools that act as force multipliers, enabling legal teams to handle more cases, serve more clients, and deliver better results without sacrificing precision,” Paulino reiterates.
He concludes, “With our partners’ support, we’re focused on execution: going deep in the vertical, expanding our product capabilities, and proving that AI can transform not just how legal work gets done, but what legal teams can achieve.”
