AltaClaro
AltaClaro is an experiential legal training platform that delivers AI-powered simulation-based learning to attorneys at Am Law 100/200 law firms, corporate legal departments, and law schools. It offers 60+ practice-area courses plus proprietary Benchmark360 assessment and DepoSim deposition simulator products.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2018
- HeadquartersNew York, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What AltaClaro does
AltaClaro is an experiential learning platform for legal professionals, built on a Learn-Do-Review pedagogy that pairs short, practitioner-led lessons with simulated real-world client assignments and live review sessions. The company delivers 60+ master classes across Litigation, Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Tech Transactions/IP, Finance/Lending, E-Discovery, Emerging Growth/VC, Legal Writing, and Generative AI, supported by a roster of 40+ faculty members who are currently practicing lawyers with 10+ years of Big Law experience. Its primary customers are Am Law 100/200 law firms (including Orrick, K&L Gates, Hogan Lovells, Skadden, Holland & Knight, McDermott Will & Emery, Brownstein, Taft, and Littler), corporate legal departments (Workday), and law schools (Cleveland State University College of Law).
The platform is anchored by two proprietary AI-powered products. Benchmark360 (launched November 2024) is a personalized assessment engine that combines an expert-created structured grading rubric with vetted practitioner instructors to deliver standardized, rubric-based feedback on simulated legal assignments across themes such as attention to detail, client-needs analysis, and drafting techniques. DepoSim (commercially launched February 2026 in partnership with Verbit) is an AI-powered deposition simulator that orchestrates LLM-based agents to play witness, opposing counsel, and court reporter in a multimodal pipeline (text-to-speech, speech-to-text via Verbit's secure servers, LLMs via secure APIs), producing rubric-aligned feedback grounded in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Customer-relevant outcome signals include 96% of Orrick attorneys reporting AltaClaro training made their work better, 97% of DepoSim beta participants strongly agreeing it was valuable, and 80%+ claimed retention improvement over typical online courses.
AltaClaro makes money through tiered per-seat pricing (Solo $699/class and $3,000 Master Series; Small Team 2–4 seats at $649/class and $2,750 Master Series; Enterprise 5+ seats with custom pricing, dedicated Customer Success Manager, dedicated classes per firm, and multi-year contracts), supplemented by individual course fees, summer associate training and assessment engagements, and GenAI training offerings. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales targeting Am Law 100/200 firms and corporate legal departments, inside sales via HubSpot demo forms for boutique and mid-size firms, self-serve per-class purchasing, and flagship co-development partnerships (Verbit, K&L Gates, Cleveland State University) that drive credibility-led demand generation.
AltaClaro firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- AltaClaro
- Legal name
- AltaClaro, Inc.
- Website
- https://altaclaro.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2018
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- AltaClaro is an experiential legal training platform that delivers AI-powered simulation-based learning to attorneys at Am Law 100/200 law firms, corporate legal departments, and law schools. It offers 60+ practice-area courses plus proprietary Benchmark360 assessment and DepoSim deposition simulator products.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
AltaClaro industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Legal Education Technology / Legal Training Software
- NAICS
- Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)
- SIC
- Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Simulation & Scenario-Based Learning Authoring (EDAFAHAD)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Tools & Platforms Training (Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.) (EDABAHAH)
Keywords
Where AltaClaro is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- New York
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
AltaClaro business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Per-seat Class and Master Series Licensing: Tiered seat-based pricing with three tiers — Solo (1 seat), Small Team (2-4 seats), and Enterprise (5+ seats). Per Class pricing ranges from $649–$699 and Master Series pricing from $2,750–$3,000, depending on whether custom class dates are selected. Recurring course licensing delivered as subscription-like access for cohorts.
- Enterprise Firm Contracts (Custom Training Programs): Tailored enterprise contracts for law firms and legal departments, including dedicated classes per firm, dedicated Customer Success Manager, and option to leverage AltaClaro's materials and instructors or supplement with the firm's own resources. Targets Am Law 100/200 firms and corporate legal departments.
- Individual Course / Master Class One-time Fees: Per-class one-time fees for boutique and individual learners, with custom class dates priced at $649–$699 per class and Master Series packages at $2,750–$3,000. Includes 2 CLE credits per course.
- Summer Associate Training & Assessment Tool: Specialized program revenue from summer associate training and assessment engagements with law firms evaluating and developing summer talent.
- GenAI Training for Legal Professionals: Training revenue from GenAI training offerings, including Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering for Lawyers and Guiding Effective Use of GenAI supervisory course, delivered to firms and university partners.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Per seat | Annual | Solo (1 Seat) — Per Class $699; Master Series $3,000 |
| Per seat | Annual | Small Team (2-4 seats) — Per Class $649; Master Series $2,750 |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Enterprise (5+ seats) — Contact for pricing |
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels9 records
AltaClaro product offering
Product offeringCore offering
AltaClaro is an experiential learning platform that delivers simulation-based legal training to law firms, corporate legal departments, and law schools under a proprietary LEARN-DO-REVIEW framework. Its offering combines 60+ master classes across practice areas (M&A, Corporate, Litigation, Tech Transactions, Real Estate, Capital Markets, GenAI, etc.) with two AI-powered proprietary add-on modules: Benchmark360, a rubric-based AI assessment and feedback engine, and DepoSim, an AI-powered deposition simulator co-developed with Verbit using orchestrated AI agents for witness, opposing counsel, and court reporter roles.
Product overview
AltaClaro is an experiential legal training platform, organized as a core Learn–Do–Review platform with several branded training solutions layered on top. The core AltaClaro platform delivers 60+ master classes across practice areas (Litigation, Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Tech Transactions/IP, Finance/Lending, E-Discovery, Emerging Growth/Venture Capital, Legal Writing, and GenAI Training). On top of that core, AltaClaro sells three packaged solutions: 'Law Firm Associate Training', 'Summer Associate Training & Assessment Tool', and 'GenAI Training for Legal Professionals'. Two specialized add-on modules extend the platform with proprietary AI capabilities: 'Benchmark360', which combines a proprietary AI assessment engine with practitioner instructors to deliver rubric-based personalized feedback on simulated assignments, and 'DepoSim' (co-developed with Verbit.ai), an AI-powered deposition simulator using text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and large language models to deliver realistic, on-demand deposition practice with objective feedback. Together, the core platform, Benchmark360, and DepoSim form an integrated 'simulate–practice–measure' training stack for law firms and legal departments.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- DepoSim: AI-powered deposition simulator for litigators, developed in partnership with Verbit. Uses text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and large language models to simulate witnesses, opposing counsel, and court reporters, providing rubric-based feedback for deposition training.
- Benchmark360
Products and services
- AltaClaro Experiential Legal Training Platform The core AltaClaro platform is a simulation-based, experiential legal training offering built on a LEARN-DO-REVIEW framework. It delivers 60+ master classes across practice areas (Litigation, Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Tech Transactions/IP, Finance/Lending, E-Discovery, Emerging Growth/Venture Capital, Legal Writing, and GenAI Training) in a bootcamp cohort model with simulated assignments, instructor-led live review sessions, and personalized feedback, for law firms, corporate legal departments, and law schools.
- DepoSim DepoSim is AltaClaro's AI-powered deposition simulator, co-developed with Verbit.ai, that places attorneys in a live simulated deposition with AI agents acting as witness, opposing counsel, and court reporter. It uses text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and large language models to deliver realistic, on-demand, repeatable oral deposition practice with rubric-based objective feedback aligned to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; difficulty of AI agents is adjustable across personalities and behaviors.
- Benchmark360 Benchmark360 is AltaClaro's AI-powered personalized training and assessment tool that combines a proprietary AI assessment engine with vetted practitioner instructors. It applies an expert-created structured grading rubric to provide standardized, objective feedback on simulated legal assignments, addressing skill gaps and supporting data-driven mentoring, internal training programs, work allocation, and hiring decisions for law firms and corporate legal departments.
- Law Firm Associate Training A training solution tailored for law firm associates and partners that uses AltaClaro's LEARN-DO-REVIEW framework to accelerate time-to-billing, improve training retention, and reduce training resource costs. Includes tiered seat-based pricing with Solo (1 seat), Small Team (2-4 seats), and Enterprise (5+ seats) options, with custom class dates and dedicated Customer Success Manager for enterprise clients.
- Summer Associate Training & Assessment Tool A dedicated AltaClaro solution for evaluating and developing summer associate talent at law firms, designed to standardize how firms onboard, train, and assess summer associates; used by Am Law firms including Orrick and K&L Gates.
- GenAI Training for Legal Professionals A training solution equipping legal professionals and law firm partners with real-world knowledge of generative AI, including the Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering for Lawyers course and the Guiding Effective Use of GenAI supervisory course (developed with K&L Gates) focused on ethics, supervision, and the ABA's formal opinion on GenAI use; delivered to firms and university partners such as CSU College of Law and Workday.
Quantifiable outcome
- 96% of Orrick attorneys reported AltaClaro training made their work better
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use AltaClaro
Customer profileNamed customers25 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
AltaClaro technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability9 records
Feature5 records
AltaClaro partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- VerbitflagshipCo-developed DepoSim, the first AI-powered deposition simulator for lawyers. Verbit provides text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and LLM orchestration via secure private infrastructure, while AltaClaro provides legal pedagogy, rubric design, and law firm distribution. The product was beta-tested with six Am Law 100 firms and is commercially available to AltaClaro clients and new law firm clients.
- Cleveland State University College of LawcorePartnered to offer AltaClaro's Certificate in Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering for Lawyers as part of CSU|LAW's broader AI strategy that also includes a new AI Advisory Council. The program runs three times during the academic year; 130+ students enrolled within the first week of announcing the winter session.
- K&L GatesflagshipCo-developed AltaClaro's first-of-its-kind Generative AI Supervisory Course for law firm partners and managers, addressing the ABA's formal opinion on ethical use of GenAI, Duty of Competence, and Duty to Supervise. K&L Gates Director of Practice Innovation Carolyn Austin and Partner Brendan McDonnell (member of K&L Gates Innovation Team) are publicly quoted endorsers. K&L Gates is also a beta pilot participant for DepoSim.
- WorkdaycoreWorkday-AltaClaro partnership case study titled 'Transforming GenAI Adoption in Legal Departments' published on AltaClaro's use cases page. Workday's legal department is featured as a customer/partner for GenAI training.
- Founder InstituteminorFounder Institute (fi.co) incubator/accelerator whose logo is displayed in AltaClaro's website footer alongside its portfolio badges. Indicates AltaClaro is a Founder Institute portfolio company or alumnus.
- Started.comminorStarted.com accelerator displayed in AltaClaro's website footer alongside Founder Institute and Lair East Labs, indicating AltaClaro is an alumnus or affiliated startup.
- Lair East LabsminorLair East Labs (laireastlabs.com) accelerator displayed in AltaClaro's website footer, indicating AltaClaro is an alumnus or affiliated startup.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
AltaClaro competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Quimbee: Quimbee is a digital legal learning platform offering case briefs, video lessons, and practice-area courses for law students and practitioners. It is directly comparable to AltaClaro's content-and-assessment model and overlaps on M&A, litigation, and corporate practice-area training.
- Practising Law Institute (PLI): PLI is a long-established provider of continuing legal education and professional training for attorneys, offering live programs, webcasts, and on-demand courses across practice areas. It is the closest direct competitor to AltaClaro's core CLE/training offering, competing for the same training-budget dollars at Am Law firms.
- BARBRI: BARBRI is a leading legal education and bar preparation company that has expanded into continuing legal education and professional development for practicing attorneys. Like AltaClaro, it sells learning content to law firms and individual lawyers and competes for the same discretionary L&D spend.
- Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI): CALI is a nonprofit legal-ed-tech consortium of US law schools that delivers interactive online lessons, assessment, and tutorials. It is a comparable digital, rubric-based legal learning platform serving law students and faculty, overlapping with AltaClaro's law school channel (e.g., Cleveland State University).
Broad incumbents
- LexisNexis (RELX): LexisNexis offers legal research, Practical Guidance, and practice-advisory content to law firms and corporate legal departments. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same training and professional-development budget as AltaClaro, with an existing enterprise relationship at virtually every Am Law firm.
- Thomson Reuters (Westlaw / Practical Law): Thomson Reuters' Westlaw and Practical Law businesses provide legal research, know-how, and training content to law firms and corporate legal departments. As a broad incumbent, it competes with AltaClaro for the same training and professional-development wallet, including via its 2023 acquisition of Casetext.
- Bloomberg Law: Bloomberg Law combines legal research, practice tools, and news for law firm and in-house practitioners. Its practice-center and training content overlap with AltaClaro's practice-area course catalog, and it is sold into many of the same Am Law 100 procurement relationships.
- Wolters Kluwer (Aspen Publishing): Wolters Kluwer's legal division, including Aspen Publishing, provides treatises, casebooks, and continuing legal education materials to attorneys and law schools. It is a broad incumbent competitor in legal learning and professional development with deep penetration of US law firm and law school buyers.
Emerging players
- Harvey: Harvey is an AI legal assistant used by major law firms for research, drafting, and analysis on top of proprietary and frontier LLMs. It is an emerging adjacent player whose adoption inside law firms (e.g., Allen & Overy) overlaps with AltaClaro's GenAI training use case, since firms running Harvey also need prompt-engineering and supervisory training.
- Spellbook: Spellbook is an AI drafting assistant for transactional lawyers (M&A, commercial, privacy). It is an emerging player whose prompt-engineering and AI-supervision needs overlap with AltaClaro's GenAI training offerings, particularly for transactional practice groups.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
AltaClaro social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
AltaClaro leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
AltaClaro funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds7 records
Investors5 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
AltaClaro M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about AltaClaro
What does AltaClaro do?
AltaClaro is an experiential learning platform that delivers simulation-based legal training to law firms, corporate legal departments, and law schools under a proprietary LEARN-DO-REVIEW framework. Its offering combines 60+ master classes across practice areas (M&A, Corporate, Litigation, Tech Transactions, Real Estate, Capital Markets, GenAI, etc.) with two AI-powered proprietary add-on modules: Benchmark360, a rubric-based AI assessment and feedback engine, and DepoSim, an AI-powered deposition simulator co-developed with Verbit using orchestrated AI agents for witness, opposing counsel, and court reporter roles.
Is AltaClaro a public or private company?
AltaClaro is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was AltaClaro founded?
AltaClaro was founded in 2018. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is AltaClaro based?
AltaClaro is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.
How does AltaClaro make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Per-seat Class and Master Series Licensing is the primary driver. The others are enterprise Firm Contracts (Custom Training Programs), individual Course / Master Class One-time Fees, summer Associate Training & Assessment Tool and genAI Training for Legal Professionals.
Who are AltaClaro's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Quimbee, Practising Law Institute (PLI), BARBRI and Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Broad incumbents are LexisNexis (RELX), Thomson Reuters (Westlaw / Practical Law), Bloomberg Law and Wolters Kluwer (Aspen Publishing). Emerging players are Harvey and Spellbook.
Does AltaClaro have an API?
No public API is recorded for AltaClaro.
What industry is AltaClaro in?
AltaClaro's product category is Legal Education Technology / Legal Training Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAFAHAD, Simulation & Scenario-Based Learning Authoring, with a secondary code of EDABAHAH, Tools & Platforms Training (Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.). Its NAICS code is 6114 and its SIC code is 8200.