Why legal services chatbot DoNotPay is abandoning its idea of putting a robot in court

The company got distracted by big legal cases, says founder Joshua Browder, and wants to return to its core offering: consumer support. When British-American entrepreneur Joshua Browder first launched his legal services chatbot DoNotPay in 2015, it was focused on a simple goal: Getting folks out of parking tickets. In the years since, Browder grew the business to a valuation of $210 million in July 2021, and expanded the small startup, which uses machine learning and automation to allow...