Zero Shot Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/zero-shot Join Brady Ng, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, and Rohin Dharmakumar of The Ken as they discuss the big ideas in artificial intelligence. You’ll get the macro view, explore their experiments in practical applications, go deeper than the news coverage you’ve seen, and hear about the implications of the latest developments. Nothing is off the table. (c) 2025 The Ken fd6a8fb4-abc4-59ea-85e8-93120b368a75 yes en Thu, 21 May 2026 12:07:30 +0530 Thu, 21 May 2026 12:08:46 +0530 https://the-ken.com/zero-shot https://img.transistorcdn.com/I4d6dDSk4jyc0itBC5kbHOTYJDpI8mTi6C81T40tCeY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MDZj/NGUwZTJhZDkxZjU1/ZjYyNzRmMTAzYTRh/MjZhNS5wbmc.jpg Zero Shot https://the-ken.com/zero-shot episodic The Ken Join Brady Ng, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, and Rohin Dharmakumar of The Ken as they discuss the big ideas in artificial intelligence. You’ll get the macro view, explore their experiments in practical applications, go deeper than the news coverage you’ve seen, and hear about the implications of the latest developments. Nothing is off the table. Join Brady Ng, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, and Rohin Dharmakumar of The Ken as they discuss the big ideas in artificial intelligence. The Ken podcasts@the-ken.com No No 'The application layer is dead': SpotDraft's Shashank Bijapur on why System of Record is the real moat 35 35 'The application layer is dead': SpotDraft's Shashank Bijapur on why System of Record is the real moat full b12a2e8b-4cc4-462a-9fae-782c71c76d78 https://the-ken.com/podcasts/zero-shot/the-application-layer-is-dead-spotdrafts-shashank-bijapur-on-why-system-of-record-is-the-real-moat/?utm_source=web&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=con_1_unit_2 Take a look at our corporate subscriptions plan: https://the-ken.com/pricing/


Another day and another Anthropic announcement has spurred conversation. 


This time, it is Claude for Legal services. On May 12, Anthropic unveiled 20+ new "MCP connectors that link Claude to the software the legal industry runs on". Think Westlaw, LexisNexis, DocuSign. Alongside this, it announced 12 "new plugins tailored to specific legal work". 

With every new Anthropic announcement, we typically ask two questions on Zero Shot. Are actual workflows impacted? And what does this do to companies building in similar spaces?

In our latest episode, we sat down with Shashank Bijapur, the co-founder and CEO of SpotDraft, to find out more. SpotDraft works on contracts, a crucial component of a lawyer's workflow that Anthropic wants to augment.


But Shashank is not worried. 

He calls Claude the UPI layer. What you build on top of it is "heavily defensible," he adds. 

But what exactly is SpotDraft building that enables it to work with Claude as opposed to being pressured by its entry into the legal tech stack? 

Tune in!

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Additional material: 

An AI System Built by Litigators, for Litigators

https://law-disrupted.fm/ai-system-built-by-litigators/

Claude for the legal industry

https://claude.com/blog/claude-for-the-legal-industry

Mike OSS

https://mikeoss.com/

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This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.
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Another day and another Anthropic announcement has spurred conversation. 


This time, it is Claude for Legal services. On May 12, Anthropic unveiled 20+ new "MCP connectors that link Claude to the software the legal industry runs on". Think Westlaw, LexisNexis, DocuSign. Alongside this, it announced 12 "new plugins tailored to specific legal work". 

With every new Anthropic announcement, we typically ask two questions on Zero Shot. Are actual workflows impacted? And what does this do to companies building in similar spaces?

In our latest episode, we sat down with Shashank Bijapur, the co-founder and CEO of SpotDraft, to find out more. SpotDraft works on contracts, a crucial component of a lawyer's workflow that Anthropic wants to augment.


But Shashank is not worried. 

He calls Claude the UPI layer. What you build on top of it is "heavily defensible," he adds. 

But what exactly is SpotDraft building that enables it to work with Claude as opposed to being pressured by its entry into the legal tech stack? 

Tune in!

____

Additional material: 

An AI System Built by Litigators, for Litigators

https://law-disrupted.fm/ai-system-built-by-litigators/

Claude for the legal industry

https://claude.com/blog/claude-for-the-legal-industry

Mike OSS

https://mikeoss.com/

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This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.
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Zeus, the mascot of Zero Shot, was generated using AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.

Write to us at Zeroshot@the-ken.com. We are all ears!

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Another day and another Anthropic announcement has spurred conversation. 


This time, it is Claude for Legal services. On May 12, Anthropic unveiled 20+ new "MCP connectors that link Claude to the software the legal industry runs on". Think Westlaw, LexisNexis, DocuSign. Alongside this, it announced 12 "new plugins tailored to specific legal work". 

With every new Anthropic announcement, we typically ask two questions on Zero Shot. Are actual workflows impacted? And what does this do to companies building in similar spaces?

In our latest episode, we sat down with Shashank Bijapur, the co-founder and CEO of SpotDraft, to find out more. SpotDraft works on contracts, a crucial component of a lawyer's workflow that Anthropic wants to augment.


But Shashank is not worried. 

He calls Claude the UPI layer. What you build on top of it is "heavily defensible," he adds. 

But what exactly is SpotDraft building that enables it to work with Claude as opposed to being pressured by its entry into the legal tech stack? 

Tune in!

____

Additional material: 

An AI System Built by Litigators, for Litigators

https://law-disrupted.fm/ai-system-built-by-litigators/

Claude for the legal industry

https://claude.com/blog/claude-for-the-legal-industry

Mike OSS

https://mikeoss.com/

____

This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.
____

Zeus, the mascot of Zero Shot, was generated using AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.

Write to us at Zeroshot@the-ken.com. We are all ears!

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On May 5, Anthropic released 10 financial services agents. The company said they "pair best" with Claude Opus 4.7, a "state-of-the-art" model that leads the industry on financial agent benchmarks. And the hype followed. The media called the agents a threat to Wall Street. 


The reality is more complicated.

In today’s episode of Zero Shot, hosts Brady Ng and Praveen Gopal Krishnan are joined by Musheer Ahmed, founder of FinStep Asia and ex-trader, and Sharath Chandra, founder of EmpowerEdge Ventures, to make sense of what actually changed.

The conversation covers why financial services keeps attracting AI investment, why the 10 agents are more useful to junior analysts than to the industry at large, and why trust remains the real bottleneck in finance. They also get into data residency, the regulatory moat protecting incumbent banks, and what happens to a service like the Bloomberg terminal.


Tune in!
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This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.
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Zeus, the mascot of Zero Shot, was generated using AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.

Write to us at Zeroshot@the-ken.com. We are all ears!

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Additional Resources


Who watches the AI watching your money?

https://the-ken.com/kaching/who-watches-the-ai-watching-your-money/


Anthropic releases new AI agents for financial services firms

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-releases-new-ai-agents-for-financial-services-firms-e2829b37


Anthropic unveils AI agents for financial services tasks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RLgeUiUXY


AI for financial services

https://www.anthropic.com/news/finance-agents

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On May 5, Anthropic released 10 financial services agents. The company said they "pair best" with Claude Opus 4.7, a "state-of-the-art" model that leads the industry on financial agent benchmarks. And the hype followed. The media called the agents a threat to Wall Street. 


The reality is more complicated.

In today’s episode of Zero Shot, hosts Brady Ng and Praveen Gopal Krishnan are joined by Musheer Ahmed, founder of FinStep Asia and ex-trader, and Sharath Chandra, founder of EmpowerEdge Ventures, to make sense of what actually changed.

The conversation covers why financial services keeps attracting AI investment, why the 10 agents are more useful to junior analysts than to the industry at large, and why trust remains the real bottleneck in finance. They also get into data residency, the regulatory moat protecting incumbent banks, and what happens to a service like the Bloomberg terminal.


Tune in!
____

This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.
____


Zeus, the mascot of Zero Shot, was generated using AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.

Write to us at Zeroshot@the-ken.com. We are all ears!

____

Additional Resources


Who watches the AI watching your money?

https://the-ken.com/kaching/who-watches-the-ai-watching-your-money/


Anthropic releases new AI agents for financial services firms

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-releases-new-ai-agents-for-financial-services-firms-e2829b37


Anthropic unveils AI agents for financial services tasks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RLgeUiUXY


AI for financial services

https://www.anthropic.com/news/finance-agents

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On May 5, Anthropic released 10 financial services agents. The company said they "pair best" with Claude Opus 4.7, a "state-of-the-art" model that leads the industry on financial agent benchmarks. And the hype followed. The media called the agents a threat to Wall Street. 


The reality is more complicated.

In today’s episode of Zero Shot, hosts Brady Ng and Praveen Gopal Krishnan are joined by Musheer Ahmed, founder of FinStep Asia and ex-trader, and Sharath Chandra, founder of EmpowerEdge Ventures, to make sense of what actually changed.

The conversation covers why financial services keeps attracting AI investment, why the 10 agents are more useful to junior analysts than to the industry at large, and why trust remains the real bottleneck in finance. They also get into data residency, the regulatory moat protecting incumbent banks, and what happens to a service like the Bloomberg terminal.


Tune in!
____

This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.
____


Zeus, the mascot of Zero Shot, was generated using AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.

Write to us at Zeroshot@the-ken.com. We are all ears!

____

Additional Resources


Who watches the AI watching your money?

https://the-ken.com/kaching/who-watches-the-ai-watching-your-money/


Anthropic releases new AI agents for financial services firms

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-releases-new-ai-agents-for-financial-services-firms-e2829b37


Anthropic unveils AI agents for financial services tasks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RLgeUiUXY


AI for financial services

https://www.anthropic.com/news/finance-agents

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It’s the end of 2025, so we don’t have a full episode of Zero Shot for you today.

This podcast launched in September, and we’ve produced 14 episodes for you so far. We’ve covered a wide range of topics, and our conversations—between Praveen, Rohin, and Brady—only work because you’re willing to sit with the complexities we wade into. 

We know artificial intelligence will move fast in 2026, so we’ll keep asking the questions that matter in this AI hype cycle. We’re glad you’re coming along with us.

So, thank you, and we’ll be back next week.

As always, if you’d like to get in touch with any or all of our hosts, please drop us a note at zeroshot@the-ken.com. We respond to all messages.

The cover art of Zero Shot is generated by AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.


]]> Take a look at our corporate subscriptions plan: https://the-ken.com/pricing/


It’s the end of 2025, so we don’t have a full episode of Zero Shot for you today.

This podcast launched in September, and we’ve produced 14 episodes for you so far. We’ve covered a wide range of topics, and our conversations—between Praveen, Rohin, and Brady—only work because you’re willing to sit with the complexities we wade into. 

We know artificial intelligence will move fast in 2026, so we’ll keep asking the questions that matter in this AI hype cycle. We’re glad you’re coming along with us.

So, thank you, and we’ll be back next week.

As always, if you’d like to get in touch with any or all of our hosts, please drop us a note at zeroshot@the-ken.com. We respond to all messages.

The cover art of Zero Shot is generated by AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.


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It’s the end of 2025, so we don’t have a full episode of Zero Shot for you today.

This podcast launched in September, and we’ve produced 14 episodes for you so far. We’ve covered a wide range of topics, and our conversations—between Praveen, Rohin, and Brady—only work because you’re willing to sit with the complexities we wade into. 

We know artificial intelligence will move fast in 2026, so we’ll keep asking the questions that matter in this AI hype cycle. We’re glad you’re coming along with us.

So, thank you, and we’ll be back next week.

As always, if you’d like to get in touch with any or all of our hosts, please drop us a note at zeroshot@the-ken.com. We respond to all messages.

The cover art of Zero Shot is generated by AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.


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Join Brady Ng, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, and Rohin Dharmakumar of The Ken as they discuss the big ideas in artificial intelligence. You’ll get the macro view, explore their experiments in practical applications, go deeper than the news coverage you’ve seen, and hear about the implications of the latest developments. Nothing is off the table.


]]> Take a look at our corporate subscriptions plan: https://the-ken.com/pricing/


Join Brady Ng, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, and Rohin Dharmakumar of The Ken as they discuss the big ideas in artificial intelligence. You’ll get the macro view, explore their experiments in practical applications, go deeper than the news coverage you’ve seen, and hear about the implications of the latest developments. Nothing is off the table.


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Join Brady Ng, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, and Rohin Dharmakumar of The Ken as they discuss the big ideas in artificial intelligence. You’ll get the macro view, explore their experiments in practical applications, go deeper than the news coverage you’ve seen, and hear about the implications of the latest developments. Nothing is off the table.


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