Jonathan Kanter is using AI to take on Big Tech

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Summary

  • Former DOJ Antitrust Division head Jonathan Kanter and former acting chief Doha Mekki have launched FluxCap, an AI legal tech startup.
  • FluxCap builds AI-based research and analysis tools designed to help plaintiffs and antitrust watchdogs build cases against large technology companies.
  • The startup's platform uses proprietary technology and large language models to review discovery materials, find anticompetitive signals, and test legal logic.
  • Kanter views the tool as a force multiplier enabling small legal teams to effectively handle massive document reviews and compete with well-funded corporate defense counsels.

Why it matters

AI legal tech is expanding into complex antitrust litigation, potentially altering the resource balance between heavily resourced tech monopolies and underfunded public or private enforcers.

Who should care

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