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Horace Wu on creation, AI, and going against the crowd

Ben Chiriboga, Horace Wu

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July 15, 2026

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Season 4 Episode 11

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In this episode of This Legal Life, Ben Chiriboga speaks with Horace Wu, Founder and CEO of Syntheia, about his path from corporate lawyer to legal tech founder. Horace reflects on leaving private practice, the lessons from an early startup that got overtaken by Google and Facebook, and why he thinks the strongest founders start with a problem to solve. He and Ben look at how legal AI has evolved, why so much of the conversation now centers on products, and where the next wave of innovation is likely to come from.

About Horace

Horace Wu is the founder and CEO of Syntheia, a legal AI company that helps lawyers work with contracts and transactional documents. He spent over a decade as a lawyer at top-tier firms in Australia and the United States before moving into technology.

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