SDS 455: Legal Tech, Powered by Machine Learning

Horace Wu joins us to discuss his work on Syntheia, a unique product that helps sift through massive amounts of legal data to augment the capacities and function of law firms.In this episode you will learn:• Horace’s life and work in New York City [5:00]• Syntheia and Horace’s role there [6:25]• Horace’s background [12:07]• Nearmap [16:35]• Syntheia NLP use cases [21:46]• Design, coding, and the team [34:19]• What skills does one need for this field? [41:41]• What would Horace do differently and what is he excited for? [46:15]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/455