Can AI replicate an army of associates? These lawyers are betting their new firm on it

Matt Souza, left, and Sam Shaddox, founders of Talairis Law Group. (Talairis Photo) Sam Shaddox and Matt Souza have spent years on the inside of big-time legal work, as attorneys at a major Seattle firm and later as general counsels at tech companies. They’ve watched as law firms charge startup clients a fortune for work they believed AI could do faster and cheaper.