Which transactional lawyer doesn’t want to be able to tap their firm’s prior deals for knowledge that can help them today? Naturally, they all do. The goal of US-based legal tech startup Centari is to make this happen and Artificial Lawyer caught up with Kevin Walker, CEO and co-founder, to find out some more.First, let’s look at what Centari does. Using genAI to tap and organise prior deal data, it seeks to help lawyers:– ‘Unlock more deal flow – Don’t just tell clients you’re the best firm for the job. Show them. Enrich marketing materials and win RFPs with experience data that illustrates your unique expertise.– Command the negotiation chessboard – Visualize market trends, benchmark your opponent’s previous positions, and achieve optimal terms for your clients with powerful competitive intelligence.– Never dig for precedent again – Experience next-generation precedent search, powered by structured data. Centari enhances documents with rich metadata to pinpoint the exact deal you’re thinking of.’So, how did this all get started? Walker explains that he worked at leading US law firm Paul Hastings, but left after about a year, then worked at several businesses, including as the GC for a startup.Kevin Walker, Centari.‘I always had the itch to do something entrepreneurial and I could see that so many things could be improved [with lawyers’ deal intelligence], and that so much could be automated,’ he says.As generative AI arrived, Walker realised what was possible

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