Vulcan Technologies Raises $10.9M Seed to Modernize U.S. Regulatory Law with AI

Vulcan Technologies Secures $10.9M To Modernize Regulatory Law With AI

Vulcan Technologies closed a $10.9 million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Cubit Capital, with participation from Trevor Rees-Jones, SV Angel, A*, Liquid 2 Ventures, Transpose, 468 Capital, Y Combinator, and the founders of Dropbox. The raise signals strong backing for AI that makes regulatory law more transparent, auditable, and workable for legal teams.

Launched in 2025, Vulcan's founders blend policy expertise with applied AI experience, including alumni from Google and the former AI lead for Love's. The company's focus: reduce legal research friction, clarify authority, and shorten the path from rule to execution.

What Vulcan Built

Vulcan's platform unifies statutes, regulations, executive orders, and case law into a single, searchable database. Three specialized AI systems sit on top to interpret, relate, and explain how these authorities interact.

Its "legal cartography" maps how statutes authorize regulations, how case law modifies or vacates rules, and how executive orders alter prior authorities. For legal professionals, this means faster source tracing, fewer blind spots, and clearer lines of authority.

Why It Matters To Legal Teams

• Create source-of-truth workspaces that connect federal and state law across subject areas.
• Trace authority chains: see which statute enables a rule, where courts have limited it, and whether an executive order changes the outcome.
• Generate compliance roadmaps quickly with auditable citations and change logs.
• Flag duplicative or outdated rules to reduce compliance drag and update internal controls.
• Prepare well-supported comments on proposed rules and structure challenges to agency overreach with clear, documented precedent.
• Cut research cycles for counsel, policy teams, and outside advisors without sacrificing rigor.

Early Government Traction

Vulcan is working with the Virginia Office of Regulatory Management, the U.S. Department of Education, and the South Carolina Department of Employment and General Services (DOGE). In Virginia, the platform supported an executive directive to reduce the regulatory code by 25%. Based on recent progress, the state now expects a 50% reduction-material for in-house and outside counsel advising businesses operating there.

Investor Perspective

Vulcan's backers point to two themes: instant, auditable analysis replacing slow manual workflows, and the size of the opportunity across public- and private-sector compliance. With new funding, the company plans to expand hiring and extend beyond government into regulated industries.

Advisory Bench

Patrick McLaughlin of Stanford's Hoover Institution advises the company, bringing experience from projects like RegData and QuantGov, which have informed reform efforts across many states. Jonathan Wolfson, former head of the U.S. Department of Labor's Policy Office with prior roles at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and in federal litigation, adds depth on policy design and legal risk.

What Legal Leaders Can Do Now

• Audit your highest-cost compliance areas and identify where dependency mapping (statute → regulation → guidance → case law → EO) would reduce review time.
• Standardize regulatory change tracking with an auditable trail that survives staff turnover and discovery.
• Upgrade comment and challenge workflows with structured evidence pulled from primary sources.

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