Logan Brown, founder and CEO of **Soxton**, joins the Social Good Podcast to talk about building an AI-powered law firm for startups after seeing her Big Law clients turn to ChatGPT for legal answers. She breaks down how Soxton handles incorporations, financings, and contracts at a fraction of Big Law prices, why founders should be careful with VC side letters, and what she looks for when hiring lawyers and engineers.

**Timestamps:**
- 01:12 What Soxton does: an AI-powered law firm for startups
- 01:53 How ChatGPT's early days inspired Logan to become a founder
- 02:34 Soxton's client range, from garage startups to RBC
- 03:21 Why entity formation is usually a startup's first legal need
- 04:18 The two biggest problem areas: corporate governance and commercial contracts
- 05:05 The risk hiding in VC side letters, and why founders sign away too much
- 06:38 Where Soxton fits in the legal tech landscape
- 08:18 Soxton's strength: $925/hour at Cooley vs. $500 a contract at Soxton
- 08:56 How Soxton keeps a human lawyer in the loop over AI output
- 11:07 Soxton's biggest weakness: hiring more lawyers and engineers
- 11:46 What Logan looks for in lawyers and engineers
- 12:29 Soxton's proprietary, fine-tuned AI models
- 13:04 Co-founder Asher and the engineering team
- 14:05 Soxton's challenges going into Q4 2026
- 14:28 A client case study: incorporation to an $8M seed round
- 15:20 Helping founders outside the VC path, including a nurse building a health app
- 19:02 Where to find Soxton on social media and how to sign up

**Links:**
- Sign up: [soxton.ai](https://soxton.ai)
- Soxton on Twitter/LinkedIn: search Soxton AI
- Logan on Twitter/LinkedIn: [LoganBrown799](https://twitter.com/LoganBrown799)

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Effective Altruism Sweden's Dr. Ysaline Bourgine de Meder on (1:36) Effective Altruism as an international movement, (3:59) finding areas to work on that are neglected, (6:00) celebrating 10 years at EA Sweden, (8:38) career advising at EA Sweden in fields including nonprofits, government and corporations, (13:40) following through with EA members throughout their career advising, (15:15) what inspired Dr. Bourgine de Meder to work at EA Sweden, (19:15) working together with the other EA Nordic chapters, (20:22) the top issues that EA Sweden members are working on, (27:00) being inspired by members of EA Sweden, (29:14) working with sister organization Give Effective to help people donate effectively, (30:09) Dr. Bourgine de Meder's work at EA Sweden, and (32:00) Dr. Ysa and EA Sweden's future.

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Buena Vida Specialty Coffee's Gally Meyer on (0:50) running one of the top coffee shops in North America, Central America and the Caribbean regions, (1:36) starting Buena Vida Specialty Coffee 6 years ago, (2:40) defining regenerative farming, (5:27) measuring regenerative farming at Buena Vida Specialty Coffee, (8:14) understanding regenerative agriculture and the ecosystem in which it works including 80% of farmers who live below the poverty line, (14:30) migrant coffee farm workers and major coffee companies who make money from the coffee industry, (16:20) three major coffee markets wherein 95-97% are not compensating coffee farmers fairly, (18:11) how Gally got her start with Buena Vida Specialty Coffee, (20:12) working closely as partners of coffee farms in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, (23:30) partnering with coffee shops and roasters throughout the U.S. and Europe and valuing relationships with both customers and partners, (24:38) her involvement with several documentaries including Kiss the Ground, Common Ground and Ground Swell to educate the public on regenerative farming, (27:14) attending Climate Week in New York, (28:20) her efforts to end the extraction model of underpaying coffee farmers and change the coffee industry by 2050.

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