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Legal startup founder Robert Mahari joins Anthropic to lead Claude's push into law practices

Anthropic has appointed legal startup founder Robert Mahari as its first Head of Claude for Legal to oversee the deployment of its AI models within law firms. This move signals a strategic effort to tailor the capabilities of Claude for specialized legal tasks, aiming to integrate generative AI more deeply into professional legal workflows.

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