455: Legal Tech, Powered by Machine Learning

Horace Wu joins us to discuss his work on Syntheia, a unique product that helps sift through massive amounts of legal data to augment the capacities and function of law firms. In this episode you will learn: Horace’s life and work in New York City [5:00] Syntheia and Horace’s role there [6:25] Horace’s background [12:07] Nearmap [16:35] Syntheia NLP use cases [21:46] Design, coding, and the team [34:19] What skills does one need for this field? [41:41] What would Horace do differently and what is he excited for? [46:15] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/455