On Thursday, startup Patlytics, which offers an artificial intelligence patent workflow platform, announced that it raised $4.5 million in a seed funding round led by Gradient Ventures, an investment firm backed by Google. According to the news release announcing the investment, the funding round also saw participation from “several undisclosed angel investors including select partners from premier law firms,” as well as a number of venture capital firms.

Founded at the start of the year by technology entrepreneur Arthur Jen and venture capitalist Paul Lee, who serve as the startup’s chief technology officer and chief executive officer, respectively, Patlytics looks to automate multiple areas of the patent process, including drafting, infringement evaluation and search, by leveraging AI. In the news release, the company noted that it is not “replacing patent professionals (in-house counsels and outside attorneys) but empowering them.”