Ross McNair

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1:45:5814 min

Ross McNair (Wordsmith AI) on Legal AI's Moment

Ross McNair, CEO of Wordsmith AI — an in-house legal AI platform that raised $30M from Index via a $5M seed and $25M Series A — explains why legal teams are adopting AI as fast as developers. He covers doubling quarter on quarter, turning down seven-figure law firm deals to avoid conflicting with their spend, the reckoning coming for hourly billing (90% of legal dollars), and the Legal Engineering Academy addressing the human side of integration.

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1:50:2110 min

Wordsmith AI CEO Ross McNair on AI Eating Legal

Wordsmith AI CEO Ross McNair, formerly CTO of TravelPerk, explains how the company's in-house legal AI platform helps corporate legal teams govern AI and clear backlogs, with the business doubling quarter on quarter. He argues legal and coding are the two fastest AI adoption areas, explains why Wordsmith refuses to sell to law firms to avoid double-dipping against their revenue, and predicts a reckoning for a legal industry where 90% of dollars still move through hourly billing. The chapter ends as he begins discussing founder focus amid the noise of an early greenfield market.