After a lot of conversations with various folks at companies, I’ve come to the conclusion that in-house Legal teams might have the most frustrating jobs of anyone at a company…
They are some of the most talented and hardest working people within an organization, but they have to spend half their day digging through Slack threads, rewriting the same doc for the fifth time, or chasing down some random contract buried in someone’s inbox.
I also know the other departments rely on them, and then when the bottlenecks begin and the work slows down… the company’s progress does too.
That’s what it’s like for a lot of in-house legal teams right now, and that’s exactly why we backed Sandstone.
They’re building the home base legal teams have never had that actually reflects how work gets done in 2026.
AI when you need it, workflows that live inside the tools companies already use (Slack, Salesforce, email), and smart systems that save legit time and brainpower. It's not just a tool, it is an AI-native platform - a "Legal Home."
We are very lucky to be working with Jarryd, Nick, and Liam as they’ve built this from the ground up, and it’s been awesome to watch them combining legal judgment, real operational experience, and world-class engineering into something that just makes sense.
It’s also one of those teams where every resume makes your jaw drop a little… ex-McKinsey, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and more.
Even crazier, this team was in the office at 2:30AM on a Monday. How do I know this? Because we did a Zoom then.
They are bringing this level of intensity and dedication to everything they do, and they’re already partnering with dozens of teams, from growth stage to F500. So if you're interested in learning more about them, let me know.
Today, they’re officially launching with a $10M seed round led by Sequoia Capital.
It’s also Gaurav Bhogale’s 40th birthday today (our fund's AI Wizard), so if you want to make his day, go check out what Sandstone’s doing.
Big congrats to the whole crew. This one’s gonna be fun.
Mantis Venture Capital
They are some of the most talented and hardest working people within an organization, but they have to spend half their day digging through Slack threads, rewriting the same doc for the fifth time, or chasing down some random contract buried in someone’s inbox.
I also know the other departments rely on them, and then when the bottlenecks begin and the work slows down… the company’s progress does too.
That’s what it’s like for a lot of in-house legal teams right now, and that’s exactly why we backed Sandstone.
They’re building the home base legal teams have never had that actually reflects how work gets done in 2026.
AI when you need it, workflows that live inside the tools companies already use (Slack, Salesforce, email), and smart systems that save legit time and brainpower. It's not just a tool, it is an AI-native platform - a "Legal Home."
We are very lucky to be working with Jarryd, Nick, and Liam as they’ve built this from the ground up, and it’s been awesome to watch them combining legal judgment, real operational experience, and world-class engineering into something that just makes sense.
It’s also one of those teams where every resume makes your jaw drop a little… ex-McKinsey, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and more.
Even crazier, this team was in the office at 2:30AM on a Monday. How do I know this? Because we did a Zoom then.
They are bringing this level of intensity and dedication to everything they do, and they’re already partnering with dozens of teams, from growth stage to F500. So if you're interested in learning more about them, let me know.
Today, they’re officially launching with a $10M seed round led by Sequoia Capital.
It’s also Gaurav Bhogale’s 40th birthday today (our fund's AI Wizard), so if you want to make his day, go check out what Sandstone’s doing.
Big congrats to the whole crew. This one’s gonna be fun.
Mantis Venture Capital