Beth Thompson: Built-In AI and Operational Readiness in Legal Tech
Beth Thompson, VP of Market Strategy and Legal Evangelism at Actionstep, speaks with Tim Kenney at ILTACON 2026 about built-in AI, operational readiness and where legal tech is heading next year.
About this episode
๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ. At ILTACON 2026, Tim Kenney sat down with Beth Thompson, VP of Market Strategy and Legal Evangelism at Actionstep. Beth has 34 years in the business and has worked inside law firms, at software companies and in professional services. A few highlights: ๐ฐ There's never been a more exciting time to be in legal tech, or more money in the room. ๐งฉ AI that meets people where they are. Actionstep built AI into the platform, so it works alongside you and you don't need to learn to write prompts.
Key takeaways
• There has never been a more exciting time to be in legal tech, or more money in the room.
• AI should meet people where they are, so it works alongside them without needing them to learn to write prompts.
• AI applied to bad data and broken processes doesn't fix anything. It speeds up the problem and makes it more obvious.
• Building AI into the platform rather than bolting it on means fewer points of failure.
• Beth predicts less fear and more confidence next year, with lawyers using AI to free up time for their highest-value work.
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Legal AI ยท Document & Knowledge Management ยท Actionstep ยท ILTACON 2026