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London-based AI patent platform Solve Intelligence has acquired Munich-based AI patent litigation startup Palito.ai, with plans to open a Munich office. Financial terms were not disclosed. Solve Intelligence will integrate Palito's validity analysis, case law research, infringement mapping and German court workflow capabilities into its platform. The company's existing platform assists attorneys with patent preparation and prosecution, including drafting applications and coordinating international filings. CEO Chris Parsonson said the acquisition strengthens Solve's offerings by adding litigation tools to its platform for drafting, prosecution and invention harvesting. The Munich office will expand Solve's European market reach. The acquisition follows Solve Intelligence's $40 million Series B funding round in December, led by 20VC and Visionaries Club.

Solve Intelligence plans to add Palito.ai’s capabilities, including validity analysis and case law research, to its platform.

Solve Intelligence raises $40M Series B to transform the $200B+ patent industry. Solve Intelligence Co-founder & CEO Chris Parsonson speaking at IP Service World 2025 SILICON VALLEY, CA / ACCESS Newswire / December 30, 2025 / Solve Intelligence, an AI platform transforming the $200B+ patent industry, has secured $40M in Series B funding, bringing total capital raised to $55M just months after its $12M Series A. The company has achieved profitability, generating more cash than it has raised since inception, while growing annual recurring revenue more than 10x to eight figures in the past year. More than 400 IP teams across six continents now rely on Solve, with roughly 60% being law firms - including DLA Piper and Perkins Coie - and 40% corporate IP departments at companies like Siemens and Avery Dennison. "When we evaluated Solve, they were far ahead of competitors in technical sophistication and understanding of the real problems patent professionals face," said Larissa Bifano, partner at DLA Piper. Richard Timmer, Senior Patent Agent at Brown Rudnick, added that in life sciences and chemical arts, "Solve was head and shoulders above every other tool we tested." Founded in 2023 by CEO Dr. Chris Parsonson (PhD in AI from UCL), CTO Angus Parsonson, and Chief Research Officer Dr. Sanj Ahilan, Solve is headquartered in San Francisco and London. The platform is used for the full patent lifecycle: collecting inventor ideas, drafting applications, responding to office actions, managing continuations and divisionals, and coordinating global filings. It supports all major technical fields, from software and hardware to life sciences (including biological sequences and chemical structures). Users report dramatic efficiency gains while maintaining or improving quality: * Britten Sessions, Principal at Zilka-Kotab: "I can draft a full nonprovisional application at the same quality level in 60-80% less time." * Joel David Briscoe, IP Advisor at Panoramix: "Solve has delivered 3x speed with amazing quality." Since the Series A, weekly user actions have risen 265%. A major differentiator is Solve's obsessive focus on security and confidentiality - critical in the IP world. "Solve built security into the product from day one, not as an afterthought," noted Josh Snider, Special Assistant Attorney General for Colorado. The platform was built by combining top AI researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London with experienced U.S. and European patent attorneys from firms such as Hoffmann Eitle, Quarles & Brady, Dentons, Fish & Richardson, and Carpmaels & Ransford. The software is fully native to Microsoft Word and designed as a collaborative workspace for both in-house and outside counsel. Alongside the Series B, Solve is launching Charts - an AI product purpose-built for patent litigation and high-volume IP analysis. Charts can instantly generate customizable claim charts for: * Invalidity and standard-essential patent analysis * Infringement mappings * Freedom-to-operate and clearance reviews * Claim construction * Portfolio-level assessments It can process thousands of documents at once, extract insights, and produce fully cited outputs with visible AI reasoning for maximum transparency and trust. Firms can encode their own expertise into proprietary AI styles and reusable templates that are shared securely across their organization. The $40M round saw new and returning investors, including a long list of high-profile angel investors and industry executives. Helen H. Liang, PhD, Founder & Managing Partner of FounderX Ventures, a proud early investor of Solve Intelligence at its seed round, commented: "In an industry as complex and conservative as intellectual property, Chris Parsonson has built something rare: a product that the most elite patent attorneys not only trust, but enthusiastically endorse. Only two years in, with over 400 leading IP teams as customers, Solve isn't just riding the AI wave - it is defining the new category of AI for patents." With strong product-market fit, profitability, explosive growth, and now a dedicated litigation-grade product, Solve Intelligence is rapidly establishing itself as the default AI platform for the global IP Law Firms and Big Tech In-House IP Counsels. About Solve Intelligence Solve Intelligence is the AI platform for helping legal professionals with every part of the patent process. The company has assembled a world-leading team of patent attorneys, AI PhDs, and software developers to build products for patent application drafting, office action responses, invention harvesting, claim charting, infringement analysis, FTO, validity challenges, patent litigation, and more. They are now selling their 100% secure and confidential software to 400+ IP firms and in-house teams across the US, Europe, and Asia. Solve customers are reporting 60-90% efficiency and quality improvements. Chris Parsonson Title: Founder & CEO E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://www.solveintelligence.com/