Enterprise Edge | Strategic Moves | AI & Law
In a major move to reshape how legal tech is built and delivered in Europe, Berlin-based startup Noxtua has secured a $92.2 million Series B to develop an AI platform tailored for the German legal system. The investment is a powerful vote of confidence in sovereign AI models—those built and hosted locally to meet strict national compliance and data protection requirements.
The round was led by C.H. Beck, Germany’s most prominent legal publisher and holder of the country’s largest legal archive, comprising more than 55 million legal documents. As part of the deal, Noxtua gains access to this vast legal corpus to train and power its next-generation product, Beck-Noxtua, a specialized AI platform built to assist with legal research, document drafting, and contract analysis in full compliance with German legal standards.
From Privacy App to Legal AI Specialist
Originally known as Xayn, the company began as a mobile-first, privacy-focused AI venture in 2020. The founders, leveraging academic roots from Oxford and Imperial College London, shifted their focus in response to the rising demand for trustworthy, locally hosted AI in highly regulated sectors.
“Most foundational AI models today are trained on American or British legal data, which makes them incompatible with Germany’s legal framework,” said co-founder and CEO Dr. Leif-Nissen Lundbæk. “We needed a system built from the ground up for this legal environment.”
Sovereign Infrastructure Matters
Joining C.H. Beck in the round are key players with deep infrastructure and legal expertise: Northern Data Group, a Frankfurt-based cloud and HPC firm; CMS, Germany’s largest commercial law firm; and global firm Dentons. Notably, Beck-Noxtua will be hosted entirely on German cloud infrastructure, a key requirement for legal institutions wary of using foreign-hosted platforms.
“This kind of deployment ensures compliance, control, and data sovereignty—critical elements when AI is used in government, legal services, and regulated enterprises,” said Lundbæk.
A Strategic Bet on Vertical AI
By combining legal expertise from C.H. Beck with Noxtua’s in-house AI models, the startup aims to offer law firms, corporate legal departments, and institutions a purpose-built tool for accurate and compliant automation. It has already begun deploying its platform across a growing customer base.
“Legal tech doesn’t need generic AI—it needs expert systems grounded in jurisdiction-specific data,” said Prof. Dr. Klaus Weber, board member at C.H. Beck. “Noxtua delivers exactly that and plays a key role in our broader innovation strategy.”
A Broader Signal for Europe
Noxtua’s funding and product strategy reflect a larger shift in Europe’s AI landscape. As governments and enterprises seek alternatives to U.S.-based platforms, localized and domain-specific AI systems are gaining momentum. The legal sector, with its demand for precision, auditability, and data sovereignty, is emerging as a proving ground.
The $92M round positions Noxtua not just as a legal AI innovator—but as a bellwether for Europe’s vision of AI built on its own terms.