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Perplexity’s general counsel Nathan Barksdale says his legal team uses the company’s Computer product as a “digital associate”, with each person working alongside 50 sub-agents. He says the team has fewer than 10 people and shares new product use cases in weekly meetings.
Why it mattersIn a Proskauer interview, Barksdale described using Computer for Counsel to help the team digest motions and complaints, and discussed connecting legal tools such as DocuSign to streamline sending documents for signature. These are his examples of how the team uses the product, not an independent assessment of its results. It’s a revealing account of AI being used inside the company selling it, and a reminder that “digital associate” can mean a lot of delegated work behind a very small team.
Discuss: Which legal tasks should AI handle routinely, and which should always stay with a lawyer?
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