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Redefining legal research with AI | Otto von Zastrow-Marcks (Founder and CEO of Midpage)

Feb 19, 2024
33:50

In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Otto von Zastrow-Marcks, Founder and CEO of Midpage. Otto's journey from robotics to legal tech was motivated by the challenges lawyers encounter early in their careers. With Midpage, he introduced a generative AI platform designed to assist US lawyers in research and case drafting.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Why auto-completion is difficult to carry out in legal tech,
  • How Midpage turns snippets into arguments,
  • Building the right UI/UX,
  • The biggest challenge of working with non-deterministic code,
  • The future of legal tech,
  • And much more!

[00:00] Up next:

[00:11] Episode introduction

[01:08] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:01] Otto’s introduction

[03:22] Lawns to law: Why this Otto went into legal tech

[04:47] Midpage's Job To Be Done (JTBD)

[05:50] Otto's 'Aha!' moment

[07:01] Why auto-completion is difficult to carry out in legal tech

[08:42] How Midpage turns snippets into arguments

[11:41] Building the right UI/UX

[13:33] The tech stack behind Midpage

[15:43] Midpage's approach for effective retrieval

[19:36] The future of UI

[22:28] How startups can build an edge

[25:21] The biggest challenge of working with non-deterministic code

[27:36] The future of legal tech

[32:05] Otto's hottest AI take

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that help listeners build & scale world-class AI products.

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