Ahmed Alstaty

Why is legal tech so far behind other industries?

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Fintech disrupted banking. Healthtech is transforming healthcare. But legal?

We still:

- Sign documents we don't understand

- Pay $300-500/hr for basic contract reviews

- Use templates from 2010

Some theories:

1. Regulation - Bar associations protect the status quo

2. Risk aversion - Nobody wants to be the guinea pig for legal AI

3. Complexity - Legal language is genuinely hard to parse

Yet AI can now summarize documents, flag risks, and explain clauses in plain English.

Question for the community:

- Would you trust AI to review a contract?

- What would it take to change your mind?

- Where's the line between "AI assistant" and "need a real lawyer"?

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