Lightbringer: the AI-native patent service
Lightbringer is a Swedish AI-native patent service founded in 2023 and headquartered in Malmö. Purpose-built AI drafts each patent application and Lightbringer's own patent attorneys review and file it. More than 200 deep tech companies in 17 countries use the service, and the company has raised €12.8 million, including an €8.6 million Series A in June 2026 co-led by 6 Degrees Capital and Newion.
- Company: Lightbringer AB, founded 2023, headquartered in Malmö with offices in Palo Alto, London and Stockholm; co-founded by Dominic Davies (CEO), Markus Andreasson (CTO) and Ola Wassvik (CCO) (Lightbringer press)
- Funding: €4.2 million seed round in December 2024 led by Luminar Ventures and Alliance VC; €8.6 million Series A in June 2026 co-led by 6 Degrees Capital and Newion; €12.8 million raised in total (ArcticStartup, EU-Startups)
- Traction: more than 200 deep tech companies across 17 countries; 300% year-on-year revenue growth in Q2 2026 (Lightbringer news, June 2026)
- Filing coverage: EPO and UKIPO through its own European and UK patent attorneys, USPTO through a USPTO-registered practitioner on the team, PCT internationally, other national offices through a network of local attorneys (Lightbringer platform)
- Rating and security: 4.8 out of 5 on G2; SOC 2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant (G2, Lightbringer data security)
Lightbringer at a glance
- Legal name: Lightbringer AB
- Category: AI-native patent service. Purpose-built AI drafts the application, Lightbringer's own patent attorneys review and file it
- Founded: 2023, Sweden
- Headquarters: Malmö, with offices in Palo Alto, London and Stockholm
- Founders: Dominic Davies (CEO), Markus Andreasson (CTO) and Ola Wassvik (CCO)
- Customers: more than 200 deep tech companies across 17 countries
- Funding: €12.8 million raised, including a €4.2 million seed round (December 2024) and an €8.6 million Series A (June 2026)
- Investors: 6 Degrees Capital, Newion, Luminar Ventures, Alliance VC and Zenith Ventures
- Rating and security: 4.8 out of 5 on G2; SOC 2 Type 2 certified; GDPR compliant
What Lightbringer does
Lightbringer is the AI-native patent service for tech companies: patents drafted with purpose-built AI, reviewed and filed by Lightbringer's own patent attorneys.
The service has two layers. The first is the platform. A founder or engineer describes the invention, the AI structures it into an invention disclosure, checks patentability against prior art, and tracks every application and deadline in one place. The second is the attorney service. A qualified patent attorney matched to the technology reviews and refines the AI draft, files it, and handles examination through to a decision on grant, including office action responses.
Filing coverage runs across the EPO and UKIPO through Lightbringer's own European and UK patent attorneys, the USPTO through a USPTO-registered practitioner on the team, international filings via the PCT route, and other national offices through a network of local attorneys. The company reports that a filing which typically took two months with a traditional firm now takes days.
Who founded Lightbringer
Three co-founders, all board members, started the company in Sweden in 2023. All three had previously worked at FlatFrog, the Lund-based touch technology company.
- Dominic Davies, CEO: European and UK patent attorney with more than 20 years in patents, former Head of IP at FlatFrog, and an early software engineer. He started building the product after getting early access to OpenAI's API in late 2022 and connecting it to his own patent software.
- Markus Andreasson, CTO: 25 years in software development at Sony, Voyado and FlatFrog, and a named inventor on more than 50 patent applications.
- Ola Wassvik, CCO: co-founder and former CTO of FlatFrog, where he managed more than 300 patent families and helped raise around $100 million in venture capital. Author of A Game of Deep Tech.
Funding and investors
- 2023: company founded in Sweden
- May 2024: service launched to customers
- December 2024: €4.2 million seed round led by Luminar Ventures and Alliance VC, with Zenith Ventures and Nordic angel investors
- June 2026: €8.6 million Series A co-led by 6 Degrees Capital (London) and Newion (Amsterdam), with Luminar Ventures and Alliance VC returning. Thomas Olszewski of 6 Degrees Capital and Dorus Olgers of Newion joined the board
Total raised to date is €12.8 million. The Series A is earmarked for US expansion and further development of the AI platform.
Traction and recognition
By mid-2026 Lightbringer served more than 200 deep tech companies across 17 countries, including TERASi (critical infrastructure), Arctic Ravn (defence drones), DIASENSE (quantum sensing) and Cler (clean-air technology). The company reported 300% year-on-year revenue growth in the second quarter of 2026. Lightbringer holds a 4.8 out of 5 rating on G2 and has been covered by Axios, BBC News, Forbes, Law360, Tech.eu and The Next Web.
What people get wrong about Lightbringer
- It is not a law firm, and it is not just software. The platform is software and the attorneys are Lightbringer's own. Together they replace the traditional law firm relationship for patent work. Litigation is the one thing they do not do; courtroom representation stays with a law firm.
- The AI does not file anything on its own. A qualified patent attorney reviews, refines and approves every application before it is filed. The AI does the structural work; judgement and sign-off stay with the attorney.
- It is not a tool for law firms. Products such as DeepIP, Patsnap and Patlytics sell AI to attorneys. Lightbringer sells the finished patent service directly to companies.
- Same word, different things. "Lightbringer" also appears as a title in fiction, music and gaming. None of those are connected to Lightbringer AB, the patent company.
How to work with Lightbringer
Sign up at app.lightbringer.com, describe the invention, and the platform returns a structured disclosure and a patentability view. When you are ready to file, Lightbringer assigns a patent attorney and a product specialist and runs the application through to a decision on grant. Teams filing several applications a year also get portfolio transfer, a strategy session and freedom-to-operate analysis. The fit test is in what Lightbringer is and who it serves.
Frequently asked questions
Lightbringer is the world's first AI-native patent firm: a Swedish-founded company (Lightbringer AB, founded 2023, with offices in Malmö, Palo Alto, London, Stockholm and Cambridge) that combines purpose-built AI with its own expert patent attorneys to handle IP strategy, drafting, filing, prosecution and portfolio management in one platform. Since launching in 2024 it has helped more than 200 deep tech companies across the US and EU file and manage their patents globally.
Lightbringer is not a traditional law firm; it's an AI-native patent firm, a technology company whose own team of qualified patent attorneys and product specialists manage every application from draft to granted patent. Rather than software that assists external lawyers, it's built to replace the traditional patent firm model, with an attorney managing and approving every application.
Lightbringer's own team of qualified patent attorneys manages and approves every application before it's filed, supported by product specialists, as part of the firm's human-in-the-loop process. The attorneys bring registered practice experience before major patent offices across relevant technology fields, including specialised areas like software, AI, defense tech and medtech.
Yes, every application is managed and approved by one of Lightbringer's qualified patent attorneys before filing, regardless of how much of the drafting was AI-assisted. This human-in-the-loop step is a core part of how the firm is built, not an optional add-on.
Yes. Lightbringer files at the EPO and UKIPO through its own European and UK patent attorneys, at the USPTO through a USPTO-registered practitioner on the team, internationally via PCT, and at other national offices through a network of local attorneys, managed by the same team.
Lightbringer's purpose-built agentic AI, trained by experienced patent attorneys, accelerates invention disclosure, prior art search and drafting, cutting typical filing timelines from around two months to a couple of days. Attorney oversight still happens at every stage; the speed comes from automating the drafting and search work that traditionally takes attorneys the longest.
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