Astra for Law posts big legal benchmark gains as Mollick asks if labs will eat every AI vertical
emollick · x · 2026-09-18
- spiceylemonade showed Astra for Law posting a huge performance jump on their Legal Research Bench.
- Ethan Mollick uses this to raise a bigger question: will the labs eat every valuable AI vertical?
- His argument: the labs' advantages compound — AI lowers their product development costs, while they enjoy direct token pricing and access to the underlying models themselves, squeezing standalone vertical players.
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