'Bringing the power of AI to law' – Top 20 Legal IT Innovators 2016: ROSS Intelligence co-founder Andrew Arruda

Andrew Arruda describes himself as an entrepreneur, strategist and leader, with nearly a decade of experience in the legal industry. He is also a licensed attorney, who "knows the ins and outs of the legal profession and aims to forever change the way legal services are delivered". He plans to do this through ROSS Intelligence, which he co-founded in 2014. ROSS is "the world's first artificially intelligent attorney", built using IBM's Watson. It understands natural language legal questions and provides expert answers instantly, along with other relevant information – cutting down substantially on legal research time and energy. Prior to ROSS Intelligence, Arruda worked at Toronto litigation boutique, Azevedo & Nelson, and with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development in Portugal.