AI Model Development in Contract Management for Financial Services - with Troy Pospisil of Ontra
Dec 4, 2023
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Troy Pospisil, Founder and CEO of Ontra, discusses AI integration in contract management for financial services, including data extraction from agreements, automating obligations and restrictions in fund documentation, bespoke models in contract management, and the overlap between financial services and healthcare.
Entra's contract automation with AI improves efficiency and compliance in financial services organizations' routine contracting.
Entra's AI-powered solution automates the extraction and tagging of obligations in complex agreements, enhancing compliance and streamlining workflows for investment firms.
Deep dives
Challenges in Legal Work for Financial Services Organizations
Entra's founder and CEO, Troy Pospasil, discusses the challenges faced by financial services organizations in legal work. He highlights the time-consuming and inconsistent nature of reviewing routine contracts in private markets, which can negatively impact investment opportunities. Entra developed contract automation to address these challenges, leveraging AI to automate various aspects of the workflow. Pospasil emphasizes the importance of a human-in-the-loop process to ensure accuracy and perfection in the models' outputs. By automating high-volume routine contracting, Entra has improved efficiency and compliance for financial leaders.
Leveraging AI for Obligations and Restrictions Tracking
Pospasil explains how Entra utilizes AI to tackle the problem of tracking and managing obligations and restrictions in complex agreements within private equity firms. With the exponential growth of fund documentation and the inclusion of bespoke obligations and restrictions in side letters, the volume of work has become overwhelming. Entra uses large language models (LLMs) and its extensive training data to automate the extraction and tagging of obligations and categorize them. This structured data allows investment firms to proactively manage their obligations, enhance compliance, and streamline workflows. The AI-powered solution replaces manual and time-consuming processes, significantly improving efficiency and accuracy.
The Advancements and Applications of AI in Model Development
Pospasil discusses the advancements in AI technology that have enabled faster model development for simpler tasks. By leveraging pre-trained large language models and Entra's training data set, the accuracy of models has greatly improved. This has allowed for the rapid deployment of AI in automating various tasks in contract management and document analysis. Pospasil highlights the importance of a human-in-the-loop process for critical tasks where accuracy is paramount. Furthermore, he emphasizes the use of smaller, more specific models for client-facing tasks, as these models can achieve near 100% accuracy and be deployed without human intervention. The combination of AI advancements and tailored models is revolutionizing the financial services industry.
Today’s guest is Troy Pospisil, Founder and CEO of Ontra. Ontra is an AI-driven tech company that develops contract management and other legal solutions for organizations across financial services with a strong presence in private markets. Troy joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today’s show to discuss model development for legal workflows and what financial leaders need to know about the process to properly leverage new generative AI capabilities in these sectors. To access Emerj’s frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, visit Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.
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