In the early days of Casetext, I aimed to bring the best of technology to the legal space, as I found the existing legal technology frustrating and inefficient.

We initially tried to create a user-generated content site for lawyers to annotate case law, but it failed because lawyers are too busy to contribute their time.

Casetext reduces weeks of painstaking legal work down to just minutes, transforming the legal landscape.

Casetext represents a significant success story in AI, showcasing the potential for future advancements in the legal field.

Casetext's success stems from their grit and determination, as well as their ability to align their product development with customer needs.

I'm Jake Heller, co-founder of Casetext, which sold for $650 million earlier this year, marking a significant win in AI.

The launch of Co-Counsel led to overwhelming demand, with our servers going down and an inability to hire support and sales staff quickly enough, which is a sign of real product-market fit. We built an AI Legal Assistant that acts like a new member of the law firm, capable of reading millions of documents and summarizing findings, which significantly extends the workforce of law firms.

We're building AI patterns to identify the 15 types of actions needed in the legal industry, such as case law research and clause extraction.

During my legal career, I often found myself searching for critical information at 2 a.m. to support cases, highlighting the disconnect between the ease of finding trivial information and the difficulty of accessing vital legal data.