We started Casetext as a crowdsourced case law library, where users could edit and annotate legal documents, similar to a Wikipedia for law.

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

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

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.

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.

I had a traditional legal career, practicing law at a big law firm and even interning at Obama's White House, where I saw the potential for technology to improve legal processes.

I started Atrium, a technology-enabled law firm for startups, to solve the legal challenges I faced as an entrepreneur.

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.