Clio founders on rejecting VCs, finding their first investor in a spam folder, and building a $5B legal AI company
EJWalters · x · 2026-10-23
Clio co-founder Jack Newton joins The True North podcast to trace the company's journey: two best friends from Edmonton who swore off VCs, found their first investor in a spam folder, and built a $5 billion company from Burnaby, BC.
Key topics include why they built in Canada, how capital eventually found them, the "why doesn't Claude eat your lunch" question about AI disruption, and the "sell work, not software" philosophy underpinning Clio's AI transformation.
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