{"id":97352,"title":"Mage: Legal Diligence for M\u0026A and Financings. Minutes, Not Days.","tagline":"Turn data rooms into deal intelligence.","body":"Hi All!\n\n**TL;DR:** We automate legal diligence for ECVC and M\u0026A attorneys. Upload a data room, get flagged issues, and client-ready reports in minutes instead of days.\n\n---\n\n## What Mage Does\n\nMage is AI legal diligence software for attorneys. We scan entire data rooms, flag issues, and generate diligence reports in minutes instead of days.\n\n**Document Processing**: Automatically classify hundreds of documents by type (NDA, employment agreement, IP assignment, option grant, etc.) and route for analysis.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97352\u0026key=user_uploads/688868/b261058b-62cd-4988-a24d-2502fdad4753)\n\n**Tabular Extraction**: Extract key provisions from every contract into a structured grid. Red and yellow flags highlight issues requiring attention: liability caps, change of control triggers, assignment restrictions, IP ownership gaps.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97352\u0026key=user_uploads/688868/4143a0a6-391f-4943-8edf-3333f97ca3b2)\n\n**Issue Flagging**: Identify problems before they delay closing. Cap table discrepancies, missing contracts, and non-standard terms.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97352\u0026key=user_uploads/688868/c9c16c14-099a-480d-9aa0-c43dfb726bb5)\n\nand disclose schedules (see below). Full coverage. No spot-checking. Better results for your clients.\n\n---\n\n## For M\u0026A Attorneys\n\nLarger data rooms. Compressed timelines. Mage enables your team to handle more deals without adding headcount.\n\n**Memo Generation**: Generate client-ready diligence memos organized by practice group. Includes executive summaries, flagged issues, and document references.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97352\u0026key=user_uploads/688868/8975c025-50b4-49e7-82ea-fc374ba8ccd4)\n\n**Redline Comparison**: Track changes across negotiation rounds. Identify exactly what moved between versions.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97352\u0026key=user_uploads/688868/40ac5584-ca4d-4bdd-8e11-43e3b037ee97)\n\n**Disclosure Schedules**: Auto-populate disclosure schedules from the merger agreement and data room. AI provides reasoning for each classification. Attorneys review and finalize.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97352\u0026key=user_uploads/688868/79638d51-f525-455f-8af6-976c8611e2fb)\n\nService more clients with your current team. Handle capacity spikes without scrambling for resources.\n\n---\n\n## Coming Soon: Capital Markets\n\nMage is expanding to capital markets transactions: IPOs, debt offerings, and secondary offerings.\n\nContact us for early access.\n\n---\n\n## Results\n\n  - **Scope**: Go from limited review under time pressure to full data room coverage\n\n  - **Output quality**: Replace bandwidth-dependent work with consistent, thorough analysis\n\n  - **Capacity**: Scale without adding headcount instead of being constrained by associate availability\n\n  - **Turnaround**: 6 hours instead of 3-4 days\n\n---\n\n## About\n\nMage was founded by Raffi Isanians (S24), formerly an M\u0026A and startup attorney at Kirkland \u0026 Ellis, Gunderson Dettmer, and Goodwin. \n\n---\n\n**Website**: [magelegal.com](https://magelegal.com)\n\n**Contact**: [founders@magelegal.com](mailto:founders@magelegal.com)","slug":"PKC-mage-legal-diligence-for-m-a-and-financings-minutes-not-days","created_at":"2026-01-31T15:47:06.857Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T04:31:34.646Z","total_vote_count":8,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PKC-mage-legal-diligence-for-m-a-and-financings-minutes-not-days","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":29760,"name":"Mage Legal","slug":"mage-legal","url":"https://magelegal.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/f4df5aefb249191ba91c6bf450182a3b87c6d5d9.png","batch":"Summer 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Legal","LegalTech","AI"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29760"}}