Devon

legal & product @sandstonehq

[Lightspeed @lightspeedvp]

The @harmonic_ai Hot 25 Startups list for Q3 just dropped, featuring a number of Lightspeed portfolio companies.

Congratulations to the teams at @resolveai, @dualentry, @raindrop_ai, @sandstonehq, @RicursiveAI!

The Harmonic Hot 25 Startups list highlights notable startups that are causing a buzz, based on aggregated investor interest from thousands of VCs.

Making this list is a notable accomplishment. We’re excited to back companies like these that are constantly working to innovate and build on their momentum.

[Sandstone @sandstonehq]

TRADED
Sandstone welcomes Marc Miller

Marc brings 20+ years building systems that billions rely on daily.

[Devon @dev1_w]

No man ever prompts the same model twice, for it is not the same model, and he is not the same man.

[Dylan Marrello @ragingbullcap]

Sounds facetious but if you actually 1) read voraciously 2) think critically about that information from first principles, and 3) have a time horizon longer than a few months, you've already separated yourself from the majority. Applies to many facets of life, not merely investing.

[Devon @dev1_w]

@liamail @cognition @ecatkins @cognition please consider changing the name of your bot

[Zach Abramowitz @ZachAbramowitz]

Episode 36 of the podcast is now out with @sandstonehq founder and CEO @nifleisher

[Liam Germain @liamail]

always fishing for the big one @sandstonehq

come join https://t.co/dgkVWAcLlU

[Zach Abramowitz @ZachAbramowitz]

Anyone following #AI and #legaltech should @Sandstone founder @nifleisher

Nick was on McKinsey's law firm AI advisory team before leaving to start Sandstone and he has a deep understanding of the entire ecosystem.

[Devon @dev1_w]

I think this is another symptom of anthropomorphizing technologies that are more unlike humans than anything anyone has ever interacted with (e.g. other humans, dogs, cats, dolphins, babies, video games...etc.).

Based on my understanding of large language models, the information that they encode and the high-dimensional space in which they “think” is extremely vast. To think that one can ask a few questions and ascertain a distinct and durable “personality” of an alien intelligence is most certainly naïve, and very likely a projection of one's own personality reflected back at them.

[Devon @dev1_w]

It's curious how people think large language models have a “personality”, the way a human has a personality.

[Devon @dev1_w]

@liamail You’re far too kind, thanks Liam! Would still be setting up my Dev environment if not for you!

[nick @nifleisher]

Stoked at the response to our announcement @sandstonehq.

Sandstone was built for and by legal teams. We couldn’t be more appreciative of all of the early love. We’re even more excited to show off the product and onboard the next generation of AI-native legal teams.

Some news coverage linked here.

And find me live on @tbpn in about 10min!

Bloomberg: https://t.co/3JdYjOyCMo
Sequoia: https://t.co/eOWjBz6lB2
https://t.co/ig1Twj5Fwo: https://t.co/qe6em3Trpv
Business Insider: https://t.co/yiuYOOXNej
Law 360: https://t.co/qZlIdbDywr

[Bogomil Balkansky @BogieBalkansky]

@nifleisher, @cc_jarryd and the ambitious team at @sandstonehq are transforming operations for mid-market in-house legal teams with an AI-powered control center. We @sequoia are proud to lead their seed round.

[Devon @dev1_w]

Excited to be joining Sandstone’s founding team—today we’re stepping out of stealth and announcing a $10M seed led by Sequoia.

I moved from legal practice to building legal software in 2020—still the "pre-ChatGPT" era of legal tech tools. Since then, generative AI has become increasingly powerful.

At @sandstonehq we’re building the AI-native operating platform for in-house legal teams—a context + infrastructure layer that unifies legal data, understands business context, and surfaces the right info exactly when you need it.

Huge credit to @nifleisher, @cc_jarryd, and @liamail for assembling an exceptional team of engineers, attorneys, and operators.

More soon. If you’re curious about what we’re building, let’s talk.

https://t.co/t7IbSEPqb4

https://t.co/fQcbmXYpas

[Devon @dev1_w]

@lucasecerbeg @nikitabier Did he get back to you?