Vikk AI Earns Spot in AWS-Meta Llama Startup Program, One of 33 from 1,000+ Applicants

Vikk AI Selected for AWS-Meta Llama Startup Program: One of 33 From 1,000+ Applicants

Press Release Date: Sept. 19, 2025

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Vikk AI, a company focused on predictive legal analytics, has been accepted into the AWS Startups: Building with Llama program, a joint initiative from Meta and Amazon Web Services (AWS). From more than 1,000 funded startups with products in market, only 33 were chosen nationwide.

Why this matters for legal professionals

Vikk AI is developing a predictive legal analytics engine that captures, analyzes, and forecasts trends from millions of case records. The system trains on Llama models and scales on AWS, with an emphasis on transparency and reliability in legal settings. For firms and legal departments, this signals a move toward measurable insights that can inform strategy, pricing, and client outcomes.

Program benefits Vikk AI will receive

• Up to $200,000 in AWS cloud credits to scale the predictive analytics data engine.
• Direct mentorship from Meta and AWS engineers to optimize Llama for legal-specific use cases.
• Networking with top AI founders and industry leaders in the cohort.
• Specialized support for fine-tuning and inference of Llama models tailored to legal analytics.

According to CEO Walid Romaya, participation in the program will help Vikk AI accelerate delivery of predictive legal analytics for both consumers and legal professionals, reinforcing the company's vision and execution. The company will apply the program's resources to ship features faster and raise the bar for trustworthy, explainable outputs.

Meta's Llama models are open-source and widely adopted for enterprise-grade applications. Learn more about Llama at ai.meta.com/llama.

Practical uses for legal teams

• Case strategy: forecast motion grant rates, judge tendencies, and likely timelines.
• Settlement modeling: estimate ranges using historical patterns and comparable fact sets.
• Venue analysis: compare jurisdictions on outcomes, duration, and cost drivers.
• Staffing and pricing: inform AFAs with probability-adjusted work plans and budgets.
• BD and intake: triage consumer matters faster and route higher-fit leads to lawyers (Vikk PRO).
• Explainability: pair predictions with cited sources and reasoning trails for internal review.

How to evaluate predictive legal AI (checklist)

• Data provenance: sources, recency, jurisdiction coverage, and update cadence.
• Validation: published metrics (e.g., accuracy by task, calibration), external benchmarks, error analysis.
• Bias and fairness: testing methods, mitigation steps, and ongoing monitoring.
• Privacy and security: data minimization, encryption, retention, SOC 2/ISO posture, and isolation options.
• Explainability: cited authorities, feature importance, rationale exports for audit and client reports.
• Workflow fit: integrations (e.g., DMS/eDiscovery/CRM), APIs, and admin controls.
• Ethics: human-in-the-loop review, clear disclaimers, and compliance with competence duties.

For reference, see the ABA's discussion of technological competence in Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8: americanbar.org.

About Vikk AI

Vikk AI provides AI-powered legal solutions for consumers and professionals. Its platforms, Vikk AI for consumers and Vikk PRO for lawyers, use a proprietary predictive analytics engine to deliver instant guidance, real-time market insights, and dynamic lead generation. The company's mission is to close the justice gap by making legal help more accessible, measurable, and scalable.

About the AWS Startups: Building with Llama Program

The AWS Startups: Building with Llama program supports a cohort of 33 U.S. startups building applications with Meta's open-source Llama models. Participants receive technical mentorship, AWS cloud credits, and strategic support to speed up product development and growth.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at GlobeNewswire.

Media Contacts

Walid Romaya: walid@vikk.ai, 619-944-1689

Joe Marchelewski: joe.m@elitemktg.com, 310-462-2252