The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

The AI law firm’s best feature isn’t the AI

Crosby automated contract review about as hard as anyone has. Its own lawyers say that’s not what won clients over.

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Ernie the Attorney
Aug 11, 2026
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A writer spent two weeks inside Crosby, a New York law firm built around AI from day one. They call themselves a “neofirm.” Half the staff came from Kirkland & Ellis, Wachtell, and Sullivan & Cromwell. The other half are engineers from Ramp and Stripe. They’ve raised $85 million.

The piece ran in late July in a publication called New Ontologies. It’s wor…

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