{"podcast":{"title":"Zach Abramowitz is Legally Disrupted","slug":"zach-abramowitz-is-legally-disrupted-6704988","podcast_index_feed_id":6704988,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/ZachAbramowitzisLegallyDisrupted/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ZachAbramowitzisLegallyDisrupted.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16578466/ZALD_Logo_2024_08_28_37ea3t.jpg","author":"Zach Abramowitz","episode_count":53,"summary":"This is a podcast for the people who want to understand and shape the future of the law. Hey there, I’m Zach Abramowitz and I am Legally Disrupted! 15 years ago, my legal career was disrupted by tech. Today, I’m advising the some of the most influential legal service providers in the world on their AI strategy and investing in some of the promising #legalAI startups. Every week, I talk to the builders, founders, operators, and decision-makers driving change in a legal ecosystem being reshaped by AI. We don’t just revel in the gloriousness of AI -- we do that too! But, we also break down complex ideas and separate signal from noise. Our content focuses on what’s real, what matters, and what everyone else is missing. So what are you waiting for? Let’s get disrupted!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T04:17:51.983782+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/zach-abramowitz-is-legally-disrupted-6704988"},"episode":{"title":"E51 - Can Open Source Compete with Harvey and Legora? Mike OSS Founder William Chen","slug":"e51-can-open-source-compete-with-harvey-and-legora-mike-oss-founder-william-chen","published_at":"2026-05-31T19:38:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/zach-abramowitz-is-legally-disrupted-6704988/e51-can-open-source-compete-with-harvey-and-legora-mike-oss-founder-william-chen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/zach-abramowitz-is-legally-disrupted-6704988","url":"https://ZachAbramowitzisLegallyDisrupted.podbean.com/e/e51-can-open-source-compete-with-harvey-and-legora-mike-oss-founder-william-chen/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/snphh89ffrrpqbkc/ZALD_-_2026_05_31_-_E51_Will_Chen_Edit_17bvja.mp3","summary":"What happens when a former lawyer looks at the biggest names in legal AI and decides he can build a competing product in two weeks? In this episode, Zach speaks with Will Chen, founder of Mike, an open-source legal AI platform that has quickly gained attention for challenging conventional wisdom in legal tech. They discuss why some lawyers are frustrated with existing legal AI products, the rise of vibe coding, and how AI is making software development more accessible than ever. The conversation also explores open-source legal AI, the growing movement toward law firms building their own tools, and why some believe the future of legal technology may be far more decentralized than today's market leaders expect. In this episode: Why Will believes many legal AI products are little more than thin wrappers around frontier models How vibe coding is enabling lawyers to build software without traditional engineering backgrounds The case for open-source legal AI and local-first deployment in law firms Why more firms are exploring building their own AI tools instead of buying them How AI could lower the barriers to starting a law firm or legal tech company Learn More: https://www.legallydisrupted.com/ Follow Along: Will - https://x.com/willchen500, https://hk.linkedin.com/in/will-chen-0bb0a477 Zach - https://x.com/ZachAbramowitz?lang=en, https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachabramowitz","meta_description":"What happens when a former lawyer looks at the biggest names in legal AI and decides he can build a competing product in two weeks? In this episode, Zach…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2910,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/zach-abramowitz-is-legally-disrupted-6704988/episodes/e51-can-open-source-compete-with-harvey-and-legora-mike-oss-founder-william-chen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/zach-abramowitz-is-legally-disrupted-6704988/e51-can-open-source-compete-with-harvey-and-legora-mike-oss-founder-william-chen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}