Steno
Tech-enabled court reporting and litigation support with AI transcript analysis.
About
Steno is a Los Angeles-based company combining court reporting services, litigation support, and purpose-built legal technology. Its hybrid model pairs white-glove deposition and trial services with software: Steno Connect is a secure video platform for remote depositions, and Transcript Genius (launched 2024) is a generative AI tool that lets attorneys query deposition transcripts, spot inconsistencies, and analyze testimony with page-and-line references. The company also offers DelayPay, which lets firms defer court-reporting costs until a case resolves, easing cash-flow pressure on contingency practices.
Founded in 2018 by Greg Hong, Dylan Ruga, and Dan Anderson, Steno raised $49 million in Series C funding led by Savano Capital Partners in March 2026, bringing total equity funding past $100 million with participation from First Round Capital and The Legal Tech Fund. The company says thousands of law firms use its platform each month, with growing traction in the AmLaw 200, and recently appointed LegalZoom founder Brian Lee to its board. The 95-percent-style efficiency claims around Transcript Genius are vendor-stated and unbenchmarked.
What it can do
- Tech-enabled court reporting and deposition services
- Steno Connect secure remote deposition platform
- Transcript Genius AI transcript analysis with page-line citations
- Inconsistency detection across witness testimony
- Exhibit management and sharing
- DelayPay deferred-payment option for litigation costs
- Marketplace for court reporting professionals
Setup
- Create a firm account on steno.com and set up billing (DelayPay available).
- Book a court reporter for an in-person or remote deposition.
- Run remote depositions through Steno Connect with exhibit sharing.
- Upload or receive transcripts into Transcript Genius for AI analysis.
- Query testimony, flag inconsistencies, and export with page-line citations for trial prep.
Prerequisites
Law firm or legal department account; licensed court reporters provided by Steno's network.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: $49M Series C led by Savano Capital Partners, Mar 2026 (Law.com, SiliconANGLE, Pulse2); $100M+ total raised; LegalZoom founder Brian Lee joined the board (citybiz, 2026); First Round Capital doubled down. Strengths: services-plus-software model embeds it in real workflows, strong litigation-market traction, active product development (Transcript Genius). Docked for: (1) efficiency and accuracy claims for Transcript Genius are vendor-stated with no independent benchmarks; (2) DelayPay is a financing product with its own risk profile. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 9.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 9.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 9.0/10
- · $49M Series C led by Savano Capital Partners, Mar 2026 (Law.com, SiliconANGLE, Pulse2); $100M+ total raised
- · Founded 2018 LA by Greg Hong, Dylan Ruga, Dan Anderson; Transcript Genius launched 2024
- · Thousands of firms/month per company; LegalZoom founder Brian Lee joined board (citybiz)
- · Transcript Genius efficiency claims vendor-stated; DelayPay is a financing product
Sources
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