For legal technology company Clio, this was a particularly significant year, marked by major announcements \u2013 including its $1 billion acquisition of vLex \u2013 that many saw as transformative for the company. This was on full display at the company\u2019s ClioCon conference in October, where CEO Jack Newton gave a keynote laying out the company\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n
For legal technology company Clio, this was a particularly significant year, marked by major announcements \u2013 including its $1 billion acquisition of vLex \u2013 that many saw as transformative for the company. This was on full display at the company\u2019s ClioCon conference in October, where CEO Jack Newton gave a keynote laying out the company\u2019s vision for a\u00a0new era of AI-driven legal work<\/a>\u00a0in which Clio becomes an \u201cintelligent legal work platform\u201d that serves not as a system of record, but as a system of action, powering lawyers through their workdays by automating much of what they do.<\/p>\n In today\u2019s episode, recorded live at ClioCon, host Bob Ambrogi sits down with the two key executives leading Clio\u2019s product and technology vision:\u00a0John Foreman<\/a>, who\u00a0joined as chief product officer<\/a>\u00a0in May, bringing experience from major SaaS companies including MailChimp and Podium, and\u00a0Jonathan Watson<\/a>, the chief technology officer who\u2019s been with Clio for eight years.<\/p>\n They explore the company\u2019s ambitious vision to develop AI and expand into larger law firms, discuss how vertical software creates advantages for AI implementation, and explain why understanding the complete client journey enables more powerful automation. Foreman and Watson share insights on moving beyond simple chatbots to AI that can actually take action, the challenges and opportunities of expanding into the enterprise market, and what\u2019s next as they work to \u201cfinish drawing the owl.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve started to draw the owl for folks,\u201d Foreman says, \u201cand we\u2019re going to finish drawing the owl, and it\u2019s going to be a beautiful owl.\u201d<\/p>\n Note: As of this recording, Clio had not yet closed its acquisition of vLex. The deal\u00a0did finally close on Nov. 10<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Listen here:<\/p>\n Watch here:<\/p>\n