EPISODE · Mar 10, 2026 · 21 MIN
Wordsmith AI grows 100% quarter-on-quarter: Ross McNairn, CEO at Wordsmith AI
from Scaling Europe · host Sebastian Johnson
Wordsmith AI builds legal AI specifically for in-house legal teams, helping companies bring legal work back inside the business instead of relying on external counsel. The company already works with hundreds of organisations including BT, Deliveroo, Remote and Skyscanner and has been growing rapidly as demand for tools that automate internal legal work accelerates.Ross McNairn, CEO of Wordsmith AI, built the company around a very narrow customer group from the start, focusing only on in-house legal teams rather than trying to serve the entire legal market, a decision that helped the product spread early through word of mouth among legal teams.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel - check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: The multi-model database for AI agents. Check them out here: https://surrealdb.com/Omni: The AI analytics platform trusted by fast-growing companies like Perplexity, Synthesia, and dbt Labs. Check them out here: https://omni.co/Venture Comet: The platform that gives startups and scale-ups real-time equity tracking, daily business insights and automated management information. Check them out here: https://venturecomet.com/Timestamps:0:33 - Introduction to Scaling Europe show2:00 - Growth statistics and market demand3:40 - Importance of product feedback from clients5:40 - Engineers spend time with customers6:24 - Moving to the US for business growth8:00 - Importance of being close to customers9:02 - Plans for market entry in the US10:56 - Importance of building a good product11:40 - Tools for scaling efficiently12:50 - Internal enablement and tooling strategies15:28 - Focus on quality over quantity in talent16:17 - How we hire talent now18:30 - Importance of being upwind of problems20:50 - Environment for raising capital today
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Wordsmith AI builds legal AI specifically for in-house legal teams, helping companies bring legal work back inside the business instead of relying on external counsel. The company already works with hundreds of organisations including BT, Deliveroo, Remote and Skyscanner and has been growing rapidly as demand for tools that automate internal legal work accelerates.Ross McNairn, CEO of Wordsmith AI, built the company around a very narrow customer group from the start, focusing only on in-house legal teams rather than trying to serve the entire legal market, a decision that helped the product spread early through word of mouth among legal teams.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel - check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: The multi-model database for AI agents. Check them out here: https://surrealdb.com/Omni: The AI analytics platform trusted by fast-growing companies like Perplexity, Synthesia, and dbt Labs. Check them out here: https://omni.co/Venture Comet: The platform that gives startups and scale-ups real-time equity tracking, daily business insights and automated management information. Check them out here: https://venturecomet.com/Timestamps:0:33 - Introduction to Scaling Europe show2:00 - Growth statistics and market demand3:40 - Importance of product feedback from clients5:40 - Engineers spend time with customers6:24 - Moving to the US for business growth8:00 - Importance of being close to customers9:02 - Plans for market entry in the US10:56 - Importance of building a good product11:40 - Tools for scaling efficiently12:50 - Internal enablement and tooling strategies15:28 - Focus on quality over quantity in talent16:17 - How we hire talent now18:30 - Importance of being upwind of problems20:50 - Environment for raising capital today
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