Europe’s legal AI startups are defending their edge after Anthropic, the US model maker behind chatbot Claude, released new tools to automate legal work, sparking a sell-off at publicly-listed software companies.
Anthropic release puts AI legal startups on defensive
Deep-pocketed model makers are pushing further into the niches occupied by smaller startups
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