Joe Borstein

Legaltech before it was cool. Patiently waiting for it to be cool. Partner, Baretz+Brunelle. Co-founder, LexFusion. Venture investor.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Legaltech folks (and ok lawyers too). Let’s have some fun.

I’m taking fake bets on what Anthropic will IPO at. Closest without going over gets free legal tech opinions from me.

I’m guessing $1.5 Trillion.

How about you @ZachAbramowitz? @biglawbro?

@biglawbro
@ZachAbramowitz
@SMB_Attorney
@UTDealAttorney
@gordon_cassie
@scottastevenson
@NickJRishwain
@jack_newton
@heyitsalexsu
@lex_node
@zackbshapiro
@SAOliver_Atty
@noahrshinn
@writeclimbrun

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Atrium was NOT the OV legaltech startup.

That’s a bizarre claim.

It was an interesting idea a bit before its time, but also after loads of other companies.

[iamnotyourlawyer @mikewavsz]

Legal Tech is hot right now (so hot). As one of the first attorney hires at Atrium, the OG legal tech startup, I have some thoughts about the new crop of "neofirms" raising money on a similar-sounding pitch. https://t.co/c6GrMv3KMz

[Macro.com @macrodotcom]

We've significantly expanded Routines. We think they're the best Routine product in the market.

Here's why:

Basically every AI product at this point has Routines, i.e. AI things you can kick off on a schedule, and they're not so useful.

After a few scheduled runs you probably get bored of your "weekly digest" and disable it.

The reason they're bad is in the word "scheduled" or "heartbeat".

For time-sensitive things, running on a timer isn't great.

You want them to run instantly when things happen *across your company*.

But how do you know "when things happen"?

There's where Macro's Unified Events System comes in, that has a single event bus for everything.

E.g. When a super important email comes in from a client —you want to detect that using Jev — and then update a channel or create an !!! Urgent task.

E.g. When a call ends, but only if it's an external call, place it in the right place on the CRM, or move it if it already exists.

Here's a quick voiceover:

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@Scaramucci Totally, I mean, when has anyone “dick-Ish“ ever won the electoral college or even the popular vote.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@BarExamTutor That’s why it’s such a hard job to get

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@gordon_cassie It’s often better to learn what they don’t like.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Learning new stuff has always been fun. Now it’s table stakes.

[daniel debow @ddebow]

these days, curiosity is a survival skill

[nic carter @nic_carter]

Worrying about AI oversupply in 2026 is like worrying about petroleum oversupply in 1910

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@patrick_oshag Yes good to own both.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

It’s really a dual entity model where they can raise capital and do normal business stuff like give equity to great leaders, managers, recruiters, and yes, technologists.

AI is only part of the new model which does have many advantages.

It’s also the hot word, so they are leading with it. Probably, TBH, the most impactful piece too.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@GoinRaven @sleepyp3ep @DavidLat Keep crying.*

* as @DavidLat know my dads from NJ and I’m trolling you.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@RifkinTodd @sleepyp3ep @DavidLat lol.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Wow.

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

BREAKING: 1 in 70 Americans worth over $100 million could be Anthropic employees after IPO

Nearly 100% chance Anthropic officially announces an IPO this year

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@rwalk_xyz Tech leverage. Same as in finance. Good for the rockstars.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@RobertFreundLaw … in every industry.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@DavidLat Why do people want to live in middle of nowhere so bad 🤣😅🤣

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Legaltech friends who made FAKE bets with me how you feeling about your IPO number?

Mine at $1.5 may be too low.

https://t.co/MyLNW13TkY

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@EDiscoveryCat @ZachAbramowitz @biglawbro I’m feeling pretty good at my $1.5 guess right now.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Legaltech folks (and ok lawyers too). Let’s have some fun.

I’m taking fake bets on what Anthropic will IPO at. Closest without going over gets free legal tech opinions from me.

I’m guessing $1.5 Trillion.

How about you @ZachAbramowitz? @biglawbro?

@biglawbro
@ZachAbramowitz
@SMB_Attorney
@UTDealAttorney
@gordon_cassie
@scottastevenson
@NickJRishwain
@jack_newton
@heyitsalexsu
@lex_node
@zackbshapiro
@SAOliver_Atty
@noahrshinn
@writeclimbrun

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

@ordonez_adan Reps matter in everything.

When i first joint a professional GTM team i had left a law firm which was at the top of PPP at the time.

The pitches were SO SO SO much better than the law firm pitches.

It was about reps. Always is.