Contract Compass
A plain-English analyzer for AI/ML job offers and employment agreements that flags the clauses tech workers actually care about — non-compete enforceability in your state, IP assignment of side projects, garden-leave windows, equity repurchase clauses, and post-departure solicitation bans — and gives a red-flag score with optional referral to a tech-employment attorney.
AI/ML engineers and research scientists negotiating offers or planning to move
- Paste-an-offer or upload-PDF flow that pulls the restrictive clauses into a one-screen, plain-English summary
- State-by-state enforceability scorecard for non-competes and post-term solicitation clauses (with FTC rule status as it changes)
- Red-flag list specifically tuned to AI roles: model-weight IP, prior-publication carve-outs, training-data research restrictions, and equity clawbacks
- One-click 'refer to a tech-employment attorney' flow that pre-fills the contract context for a paid consult
Apple is actively mailing legal letters to dozens of OpenAI employees, and the AI talent war is now legal warfare — every AI engineer weighing a move right now has skin in the game on what their own contract actually permits.
Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI alleges systematic poaching of 400+ employees, with legal letters sent to ~40 former staff; HN thread hit 272 points and FTC estimates ~30M US workers are bound by non-competes — acute pain for AI/ML job-movers right now.Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft, Alleging Systematic Poaching of 400-Plus Employees ↗Apple sends legal letters to former employees now at OpenAI ↗
Crowded field: LegesGPT, Spellbook, DoNotPay, Harvey AI, Ironclad, Leah AI, ChatGPT, plus targeted tools DocRisk, Contracko, Justee, and OfferScope all already flag non-competes, IP assignment, and restrictive covenants in employment contracts.How to Review Your Employment Contract: 8 Best AI Tools 2026 ↗Employment Contract Analyzer | Work Agreement Review | DocRisk ↗Employment Contract Review | AI-Powered Analysis | OfferScope ↗
One-off contract reviews have low willingness to pay; consumer pricing bottoms at $1 trial (LegesGPT) and $36/quarter (DoNotPay), while enterprise tools run $50K+/yr — most AI engineers will not pay recurring for a tool used at hire-time only, and attorney referral margins are thin.How to Review Your Employment Contract: 8 Best AI Tools 2026 ↗
Non-compete enforceability is a durable state-by-state patchwork (FTC ban blocked in court), AI talent wars are intensifying (Apple/OpenAI, Palantir/Percepta), and IP assignment of side projects remains a perennial concern — the need persists across cycles.The Palantir-Percepta Legal Battle and Its Implications for AI Talent ↗
Straightforward LLM + clause-classifier build over state employment-law RAG; competing products shipped in similar form already, so the core tech is proven — main risk is legal hallucination and building a defensible attorney-referral funnel.How to Review Your Employment Contract: 8 Best AI Tools 2026 ↗