How AI Is Transforming Legal Due Diligence and Software Development | Ep 292 | DevReady Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses how AI is transforming legal due diligence and software development with insights from industry experts.

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, Anthony Sapountzis, CTO and Co-Founder of Aerion Technologies and Co-Founder of DevReady.Ai , is joined by Justin Hansky, Founder and CEO of Deeligence, to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, software development and professional services. Drawing on his background as an M&A lawyer, Justin shares how his firsthand experience in mergers and acquisitions inspired the creation of Deeligence, an AI-powered platform designed to streamline legal due diligence and accelerate complex business transactions. The discussion covers the evolution of legal technology, the rise of generative AI in legal workflows, and the growing importance of human oversight in AI-assisted decision-making. Justin explains how legal due diligence has evolved from physical boardrooms filled with boxes of documents into highly digitised environments containing thousands of files that must be analysed quickly and accurately. He discusses how Deeligence initially focused on solving project management inefficiencies within legal teams before the rapid advancement of generative AI transformed the company’s direction. Anthony and Justin…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Sapountzis

Guest: Justin Hansky

Topics covered

• AI in legal industry
• software development
• legal due diligence
• generative AI
• professional services
• M&A
• legal technology

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• legal technology
• due diligence
• M&A lawyer
• generative AI
• business transactions
• project management
• legal workflows
• document analysis
• AI systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aerion Technologies, Deeligence, DevReady.Ai

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