Questions to ask a lawyer before launching an AI product
Dealing with launching an AI product? Describe it in your own words, and Tellbrief turns your answers into a short brief with the questions worth asking and the records to have ready, so your first call with a lawyer starts further ahead.
For example: Adding a customer-facing AI feature that uses customer information and makes claims about results. A brief for this founder suggests the lists below.
Questions worth asking
- What personal information do we collect, and does our privacy notice match it?About 1,822 data-privacy class actions were filed in 2025, up from 1,488 in 2024.1
- Can we back up the claims we make about results, health, safety or performance?
- What should we tell customers about how our AI works?
Records to have ready
- Your privacy policy and a list of services that handle customer dataYou collect personal information.
- Your AI provider’s terms and what you tell customers about AICustomers use your AI features.
Your brief builds its own lists from your answers.
Build your own brief
About 30 questions, most of them one tap. No account and no card during early access. Tellbrief isn’t a law firm and doesn’t give legal advice.
Start your briefQuestions founders ask
What questions should I ask a lawyer about launching an AI product?
For the founder in this example, the brief suggests: What personal information do we collect, and does our privacy notice match it? Can we back up the claims we make about results, health, safety or performance? What should we tell customers about how our AI works? Your own brief builds its list from your answers.
What should I have ready before the first call?
For this example: Your privacy policy and a list of services that handle customer data; Your AI provider’s terms and what you tell customers about AI. Your own brief lists what fits your answers.
Is this legal advice?
No. Tellbrief organizes your information so the first conversation with your lawyer starts further ahead. It isn’t a law firm, and using it doesn’t make anyone your lawyer. Legal advice comes from a licensed lawyer, once they agree to take on your matter.
What does it cost?
Your brief is free during early access, with no card and no account. If you’d like Jordan to take on the work, he reads your answers first, then talks through the scope and his fee with you before any work starts. Tellbrief takes no share of it.
How long does it take?
About 30 questions once the names are cleared, and most take one tap. Plan on 10 to 15 minutes.
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- Duane Morris Class Action Review, data privacy filings (January 2026) (opens in a new tab).