About Discernis
Discernis is a New York City legal intelligence company whose AI platform analyzes full document collections for litigation and investigations. It deploys on-premises or in secure client cloud environments instead of calling third-party AI APIs. Discernis announced a $2.5M seed round led by Newfund Capital in August 2026.
What is Discernis?
What is Discernis?
Discernis is an AI-native discovery platform for litigation and investigations. Rather than sampling a subset of documents, it performs full-collection analysis on millions of documents to surface key evidence, acting as an intelligent associate that reviews and synthesizes large document sets.
Its main differentiator is sovereignty. Discernis deploys on-premises or inside a client's secure cloud environment, so sensitive case material does not have to be sent to third-party commercial AI APIs. That matters for large law firms and corporate legal departments that handle privileged or regulated data.
The company was founded by Rob Kwiatkowski, a former AWS expert in reinforcement learning from human feedback. Discernis targets large law firms and corporate legal departments that run complex discovery and internal investigations.
In August 2026, Discernis announced a $2.5M seed round led by Newfund Capital, with participation from Triple Impact Capital, Remarkable Ventures and C2 Ventures. The capital supports continued development of the Discernis AI platform and expansion across large law firms and in-house legal teams. As an early-stage product, buyers should expect a sales-led evaluation rather than self-serve signup.
Pros
- Analyzes entire document collections rather than samples
- Runs on-premises or in a client's secure cloud
- Does not depend on third-party commercial AI APIs
- Built for litigation and investigation workflows
Cons
- Early-stage company with a small seed round
- No public pricing
- Aimed at large firms, less suited to small practices
How to Use Discernis
- 1Contact Discernis
Reach the team through discernis.ai to discuss your matter types and data volumes.
- 2Choose deployment
Select on-premises or secure cloud deployment inside your environment.
- 3Load the collection
Ingest the full document collection for a litigation or investigation matter.
- 4Review surfaced evidence
Use the platform's analysis to find and synthesize key evidence for the case team.