Alpaca Law provides an AI‑driven platform that automatically searches and synthesizes Portuguese statutes, case law, and regulations in response to natural‑language queries. The system delivers concise, citation‑ready answers with direct links to source documents, refreshed daily from official repositories, through a secure web interface and API for law firms and in‑house legal teams.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Legal professionals in Portugal must manually sift through extensive, fragmented sources of jurisprudence and legislation to answer client queries, a process that is time‑consuming, prone to oversight, and often yields citations that are outdated or difficult to verify.
Solution
Alpaca Law offers an AI‑driven research platform that automates the retrieval and synthesis of Portuguese legal material. Users submit a natural‑language question, and the system runs multiple semantic searches across a curated corpus of statutes, case law, and regulatory texts. It then reads and extracts the most relevant passages, generates a concise answer, and attaches verifiable citations linked to the original sources. The underlying knowledge base is refreshed daily from official repositories such as the DGSI, Tribunal Constitucional, and DRE.pt, ensuring that every response reflects the latest legal developments. The platform is delivered through a web interface that requires no specialized software installation, allowing lawyers to obtain reliable research results within minutes.
Target Audience
The primary users are Portuguese attorneys, law firms, and in‑house legal teams that require fast, accurate, and citation‑ready research for litigation, advisory, and compliance work. Academic researchers and judicial clerks also benefit from the platform’s comprehensive, up‑to‑date legal database.
Features
- Semantic search engine tuned to the Portuguese legal taxonomy, supporting multi‑query expansion for each user question
- Deep‑analysis pipeline that processes hundreds of documents per query, extracts legally pertinent excerpts, and composes a structured answer
- Automatic daily ingestion and indexing of new rulings from the DGSI, Tribunal Constitucional, and legislative updates from DRE.pt
- Inline citation generation with direct links to source documents, enabling immediate verification and auditability
- Secure, GDPR‑compliant cloud hosting with role‑based access controls for law firms and corporate legal departments
- Responsive web UI with keyword highlighting, result filtering, and export options (PDF, Word) for client deliverables
- API endpoints for integration with existing case‑management or document‑automation systems