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Solve Intelligence has acquired Palito.ai, a Munich-based startup specialising in AI-powered patent litigation and prior art analysis.

The acquisition deepens Solve’s investment in patent litigation, adding Palito's strengths in validity analysis, case law research, and European patent workflows to Solve’s existing Charts product. The result is a single platform where IP professionals can handle invalidity claim charts, SEP claim charts, freedom-to-operate and clearance analyses, infringement mappings, claim construction analyses, portfolio analyses, and more.

Solve Intelligence is an AI platform for IP professionals, covering patent drafting, prosecution, and litigation. Palito.ai is a Munich-based startup specialising in AI-powered validity analysis and European patent litigation workflows.

At a glance:

• Solve Intelligence acquires Munich-based Palito.ai
• Adds validity analysis, prior art research, EPO/UPC/German court workflows
• New Munich office established
• Existing Charts users get expanded litigation capabilities

Two years ago, the dominant argument in the legal industry was whether AI had any place in the profession at all. That debate is over.

Analysts are now calling 2026 the year AI moves from an “interesting tool” to “operational infrastructure”. The speed at which that narrative has changed tells you everything about where the industry is heading.

Key takeaways

• The legal profession's central question has moved from "can we trust this?" to "how do we integrate this properly?"
• AI adoption across IP practice has risen from 57% in 2023 to 85% in 2025.
• Firms are not just trialling AI tools, they are expanding its use across full workflows. Practitioners using Solve Intelligence grew ~560% in 2025 alone.
• Clearer regulatory guidance has removed one of the most significant psychological barriers to adoption.
• The profile of firms now adopting AI has changed: these are not early experimenters, but some of the most demanding legal professionals in the world.

Solve Intelligence has been ranked the number one intellectual property platform in the latest Legal AI survey published by SKILLS (the Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Legal Leaders Summit). The study surveyed 130 leaders at the world's top law firms about their legal AI product usage across every major practice area, scoring platforms based on live deployments, active pilots, and tools under consideration. In the Patents/IP category, Solve Intelligence placed first with a weighted score of 67, making it the most widely-used platform in the category. See the full report here.

As patent practitioners, the choice to “do nothing” about AI is not a neutral act. 

Law firms or in-house counsel that delay the adoption of AI may believe they are minimizing risk, but oftentimes they are taking on a different set of less visible, long-term risks. 

These hidden costs can accumulate quickly, from compounding inefficiencies in traditional patent drafting workflows to missed revenue opportunities that remain untapped without leveraging AI-driven capabilities.

So, what can patent practitioners do to stay ahead of the game? Here is what the Solve Intelligence team has seen speaking with thousands of practitioners.

Key takeaways

• Waiting to adopt AI is itself a strategic decision with compounding costs.
• Manual patent workflows create time, quality, and knowledge bottlenecks that grow over time.
• Firms already experimenting with AI gain operational insight that late adopters cannot shortcut.
• Low-risk entry points let practitioners build confidence without compromising legal judgment.