E38 - How Will SaaSpocalypse Affect AI For Legal: Spellbook CEO Scott Stevenson

About this episode

Zach Abramowitz discusses the impact of the SaaSpocalypse on AI in the legal sector with Spellbook CEO Scott Stevenson.

Zach checks in with second-time guest, Spellbook CEO, Scott Stevenson for a wide ranging conversation on some of the hottest topics of the day: Why positioning AI for Legal as a two horse race is deeply flawed The benefits of selling direct to lawyers as opposed to Chief Innovation Officers In-house legal buyers versus law firms BigLaw versus small and medium size law firms How AI Startups will need to contend with the SaaSpocalypse Learn More: Scott - https://www.spellbook.legal/ Zach - https://www.legallydisrupted.com/ Follow Along: Scott - https://x.com/scottastevenson?s=20 Zach - linkedin.com/in/zachabramowitz

People in this episode

Host: Zach Abramowitz

Guest: Scott Stevenson

Topics covered

• AI in legal
• SaaSpocalypse
• legal technology
• law firm dynamics
• direct sales to lawyers

Keywords

• AI for legal
• SaaSpocalypse
• Spellbook
• law firms
• legal technology
• direct sales
• BigLaw
• Scott Stevenson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spellbook, BigLaw, law firms, Chief Innovation Officers

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