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The Founder Who Shipped Before Asking

A Next Great Adventure talk by Aryan Shah · Humanist Academy

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Three Yale contract-law courses and 300+ hours of legal apprenticeships later, Aryan built Legal Duck - an AI contract-analysis platform now being beta tested by practicing transactional attorneys. His credo: most people wait for permission. He started building anyway.

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