What Mobile Pathways does

Mobile Pathways (legally Immigration Project Inc.) is a Berkeley, California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2015 that builds mobile technology, data infrastructure, and AI tools to help immigrants navigate the U.S. immigration court system and to amplify the capacity of immigration legal-aid providers. Its flagship product, Pathfinder, is an AI-powered analytics platform built on Google Gemini that ingests approximately 300 million immigration court records from public EOIR, USCIS, and ICE sources and produces per-case immigration histories, real-time alerts, judge analytics, employment authorization tracking, and downloadable reports. Pathfinder processes more than 100 million rows of EOIR data per report, integrates with the USCIS Torch portal for EAD clock tracking, and is reported to reduce in absentia removal rates for client cases to 3.4% versus a 9% national average.

The company sells Pathfinder through a tiered subscription model (Starter, Explorer, Navigator, Non-profit, Enterprise, Insights) priced monthly with substantial discounts for nonprofits, and complements subscriptions with consulting services and grant-funded program work. Go-to-market combines product-led self-service signup and Calendly-based demos with a channel motion through more than 200 immigration nonprofit partners concentrated in California and Texas, plus a content-marketing flywheel anchored by the Trendwire newsletter serving journalists and policy researchers. Following the September 2024 launch of Pathfinder, the active organizational user base doubled from 50 to 124 in the months after the November 2024 U.S. presidential election, signaling sharp demand-side momentum amid rising immigration-court caseloads.

Mobile Pathways has raised approximately $2.06 million cumulatively across grants from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Twilio, Salesforce, Tides Foundation, GitLab Foundation, AlleyCorp, Firedoll Foundation, Fast Forward, and Box Impact Fund, and has been recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company for 2026 and a 2023 Michael Mills InnovAction winner. The organization operates with a lean team of 1-10 employees, three co-founders (Jeffrey O'Brien, Poesy Chen, Bartlomiej Skorupa), and a leadership bench spanning immigration law, technology, and impact, with 100% of subscription proceeds reinvested into mission delivery.

Name

Mobile Pathways

Legal name

Immigration Project Inc.

Website

https://mobilepathways.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mobile Pathways is a Berkeley-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds AI-powered analytics and mobile tools (chiefly Pathfinder) to help immigration attorneys and nonprofits serve immigrants navigating U.S. immigration court. Its platform draws on ~300 million government records to deliver case-history reports, real-time alerts, and EAD tracking to 240+ partner organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Legal Technology

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigration Case Management Platforms & Document Workflow (THACAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Access & Online Government Services for Immigrants (EDAAADAF)

Keywords

• Immigration analytics platform
• Immigration case management software
• Immigration court data dashboards
• Legal aid technology
• Immigration nonprofit tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Pathfinder Subscription Reports: Subscription-based access to Pathfinder platform with tiered plans (Starter, Explorer, Navigator, Non-profit, Enterprise, Insights). Revenue generated through per-report fees and subscription tiers with discounts available for nonprofits and bulk purchases. 100% of proceeds reinvested into the mission.
2. Professional Services: Consulting and support services for immigration organizations implementing the technology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mobile Pathways builds AI-powered technology that helps immigration attorneys and nonprofits access immigration case data and analytics. Its flagship Pathfinder platform processes nearly 300 million immigration court records to deliver case history reports, real-time alerts, judge analytics, and asylum outcome dashboards. The organization also offers public immigration court data dashboards, a monthly Trendwire newsletter for journalists, and mobile text/WhatsApp update services to keep immigrants informed about their cases.

Product overview

Mobile Pathways operates a unified platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its Pathfinder technology stack, combining AI-powered case analytics, real-time court data dashboards, and mobile communication tools to serve the immigration legal ecosystem. The core platform, Pathfinder, provides immigration attorneys and nonprofits with AI-driven case history reports, judge analytics, and asylum navigator tools built on a dataset of ~300 million immigration court records. Complementing the paid Pathfinder product, the publicly accessible Immigration Court Data dashboards deliver interactive visualizations of bond hearings, asylum grant rates, third-country removals, and motions outcomes. The platform also includes Trendwire, a journalist-facing monthly newsletter intelligence product, and historically offered Hola Asistente, a WhatsApp-based personal assistant for immigrants. All products are underpinned by AI/ML capabilities using Google Gemini for natural language processing, machine learning for predictive analytics, and integrated USCIS Torch portal data for employment authorization tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pathfinder: An AI-powered analytics and insights platform designed and developed by Mobile Pathways, offering descriptive and predictive analysis on immigration trends in the United States, with a specific focus on asylum seekers in court. Provides immigration case history reports, real-time alerts, and comprehensive case data to immigration attorneys and legal service providers.
• MyCamino
• Hola Asistente
• Trendwire
• The Mosaic

Products and services

• Pathfinder AI-powered analytics and case management platform for immigration attorneys and nonprofits. Provides real-time case alerts, instant immigration case history reports, judge profiles, and asylum navigator dashboards. Processes 100+ million rows of EOIR data per report, powered by Google Gemini AI.
• Immigration Court Data Dashboards Public-facing data visualization dashboards offering interactive analysis of immigration court trends including bond tracking, asylum grant rates, motions outcomes, judge profiles, in absentia hearings, and third-country removals. Backed by nearly 300 million immigration court records.
• Mobile Text/WhatsApp Updates Digital notification service delivering legal case updates to vulnerable immigrants via text message and WhatsApp. Sends court date reminders, case status changes, and rights information. Used by partner nonprofits to keep clients informed.
• Trendwire Monthly data newsletter analyzing EOIR, USCIS, and ICE datasets to provide journalists and researchers with actionable immigration trend insights and transparency reporting.
• MyCamino Online platform that securely retrieves legal information from government sources and allows partners to text updates to clients, used by immigration nonprofits to scale their reach.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.4% in absentia removal rate for Pathfinder-managed cases vs 9% national average
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024Partnership to support asylum seekers nationwide through Pathfinder technology, streamlining work permit applications while providing real-time case updates. Estuardo Cifuentes from L4GG testing Pathfinder for improving incomes.
• USCIScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Groundbreaking partnership integrating USCIS receipt data into Pathfinder to create better employment opportunities for immigrants navigating the court system. Working with partners to streamline work permit applications.
• Open AIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration through GitLab Foundation Demo Day for AI-powered immigration assistance tools.
• The California Access to Justice CommissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization collaborating on immigration legal services enhancement.
• Vaccine Equity Coalition PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition including Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, Catholic Charities Santa Clara County, Global Response Management, and 20+ other organizations working on vaccine equity for immigrants.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Clio: Leading cloud-based legal practice management platform serving immigration attorneys and other small/mid-sized law firms with case management, billing, and document automation. Directly comparable to Mobile Pathways on its core target customer (immigration attorneys) and on subscription-based legal software delivery.
• MyCase: Legal practice management platform offering case management, client communication, and document tools to small law firms including immigration practices. Comparable as a subscription-based legal-tech platform serving the same primary customer segment of immigration attorneys.
• Docket Alarm: Court docket tracking and litigation analytics platform covering federal and state courts including immigration courts. Closely comparable to Pathfinder's federal court data tracking and case-history-report functionality, particularly for immigration court monitoring.
• PracticePanther: Legal practice management software with case management, automation, and billing features used by solo and small immigration law firms. Comparable on subscription SaaS model and immigration attorney end customer.

Emerging players

• Casetext: AI-powered legal research platform (now part of LexisNexis) using large language models for case law analysis. Comparable on the AI legal research and predictive analytics layer, though Casetext serves a broader practice area than immigration.
• Lawyaw: Document automation and legal practice platform focused on small firms and solo practitioners, including immigration law forms and automation. Comparable on workflow automation for immigration attorneys and subscription-based delivery.
• Filevine: Legal case management platform with AI-powered document analysis and case insights for mid-sized law firms. Comparable on the case management + AI insights architecture, though serving a broader market than immigration.

Broad incumbents

• LexisNexis: Major legal research and data analytics incumbent (owner of CaseText and Immigration Law Community) providing immigration case law, regulatory, and AI tools to large law firms. Comparable as a broad immigration legal data and AI provider with deep resources.
• Westlaw (Thomson Reuters): Dominant legal research platform with immigration-specific content and CoCounsel AI legal assistant. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing immigration court data, case law research, and emerging AI tools to legal practitioners.
• Bloomberg Law: Comprehensive legal research and analytics platform used by large law firms, with significant immigration law content and analytics. Comparable on the immigration legal data and analytics category, though positioned to enterprise customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/MobilePathwaysCHARLAS
• Facebookfacebook.com/mobilepathways
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mobilepathways
• Xx.com/mobilepathways

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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