What happens when you don’t have the resources to fight for your rights? Whether it’s a major medical bill or a more minor parking ticket… even if you were in the right, is it easier to just… pay?
Well, Joshua Browder’s answer is Do Not Pay!
He’s built a thriving company of the same name, that helps consumers “fight corporations, beat bureaucracy, and sue anyone at the press of a button.” Through the power of technology, DoNotPay has resolved over 2m cases successfully and in this interview we get to hear where Browder hopes to take the organization, including his first-hand account of his recent plan to bring the robot lawyer into the physical courtroom.
Show Notes
00:00 – Introduction
01:51 – DoNotPay’s origin
03:09 – Surprising laws
05:49 – General counsel for consumers
06:54 – The role of AI and technology
09:26 – Ensuring quality counsel
13:19 – Prioritizing features
14:43 – Corporate pushback
17:11 – Reshaping the legal system
20:28 – Entering the physical courtroom
24:50 – Cross border possibilities
26:14 – Looping humans into modeling
29:01 – Deflationary impacts
30:05 – Recent pushback
33:13 – Is AI already writing law?
35:15 – Why is law so complex?
37:54 – Entering the Supreme Court
38:38 – Lawyer support
39:47 – Looking forward
43:07 – Building horizontal vs vertical
45:28 – Does this law exist?
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The a16z Podcast discusses the most important ideas within technology with the people building it. Each episode aims to put listeners ahead of the curve, covering topics like AI, energy, genomics, space, and more.