
The VETTDD 50 · UK startups · 2026
Ross McNairn
CEO and Co-founder, Wordsmith · wordsmith.ai ↗
Wordsmith wants in-house legal teams to handle routine work themselves rather than pay outside counsel. Its chief executive has grown revenue 14 times in a year and raised $84m to push into the US
- Series B including August extension
- $84m
- revenue growth in 12 months (company figure)
- 14x
- companies using the platform
- 500+
- staff targeted by end of 2026
- 300