How Legal Tech Startup, Abstract, Turns Law and Regulations Into Actionable Strategy

Charlie Uniman, your podcast host, and Pat Utz, CEO and co-founder of Abstract (https://www.abstract.us/), explore how Abstract turns legislative and regulatory noise into real-time, client-specific strategy, and why deterministic workflows beat agentic dreams for now. Pat shares candid lessons on funding, traction, hiring, and building a product that actually moves the needle.

  • origins in AI research and mission to make government transparent
  • proactive monitoring of bills, regulations, executive orders, and local agendas
  • real-time enrichment with client context to flag risks and opportunities
  • strategy layer and workflows that move from alert to outreach
  • planned expansion into judicial opinions to shape case law awareness
  • enterprise focus with long-term goal of a consumer version

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  • Charlie Uniman is the founder and host of the Legal Tech StartUp Focus, a free online community of over 3,600 members worldwide that’s devoted to helping legal tech startups succeed.  Charlie also publishes a weekly newsletter for members of the Legal Tech StartUp Focus community and hosts a podcast where he interviews legal tech startup leaders and others involved in legal tech. Before founding the Legal Tech StartUp Focus community, Charlie practiced corporate law for 40 years at New York City law firms and co-founded a legal tech startup himself.

    View all posts Website: https://www.legaltechstartupfocus.com/ South Orange, New Jersey, United States

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AUTHORS: Charlie Uniman

CATEGORIES: Technology

TOPICS: LegalTech & Innovation

PUBLISHED: January 18, 2026

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