How Helix Legal Scales Expertise with GC AI

At Helix, Chief Privacy Officer, Head of Compliance, Associate General Counsel KT Farley keeps GC AI open all day as a trusted copilot. From statutory research to risk analysis and drafting, KT relies on it to maintain speed and clarity across an expanding legal portfolio. The tool has become central to how KT works, helping to move quickly across complex privacy, regulatory, and commercial matters without breaking stride.

Customer Snapshot

Company: Helix
Industry: Healthcare Technology (Genomics)
Legal team: Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel supported by a lean legal function
Use case: Privacy and compliance research, risk analysis, and contract drafting
Result: Doubled productivity, reduced fatigue from context switching, and improved team collaboration
Functionality: Legal research, risk analysis, prompt libraries, and shared workflows

The Challenge: Staying Efficient Across Every Legal Domain

As a senior counsel in a growing healthcare technology company, KT handles everything from privacy to product and AI governance. The role demands rapid context switching and constant attention to detail, which can lead to fatigue and inefficiency. KT needed a way to scale expertise and keep focus across competing priorities.

“It's doubled my productivity. In a startup AGC role I touch everything, and the context shifting can be fatiguing. The tool helps me re-ramp quickly: ‘Refresh my memory, here are the three things I recall.’ That makes it sustainable.”

The Solution: A Legal Copilot for Every Task

GC AI became KT's constant companion for legal analysis, writing, and strategic thinking. KT uses it for statutory interpretation, risk assessments, and drafting and often runs side-by-side with independent reasoning to confirm judgment calls.

“Even in areas where I'm a deep domain expert, I still like a gut check. I'll say, ‘Here's how I'm thinking, does this resonate?’ I use it for risk analyses and point/counterpoint back and forth to test where I'm landing.”

That ability to pressure-test thinking helps KT move faster while keeping confidence high, especially in fast-moving or unfamiliar domains.

The Results: Time Saved and Fatigue Reduced

With GC AI, KT's output has multiplied without adding hours. The tool cuts down time spent drafting, researching, and switching between tasks, while maintaining accuracy and legal rigor.

“A partner asked me to quickly draft a response to a HIPAA compliance question. Usually this would take me an hour, switching context, creating a doc, writing it up. With GC AI it was much faster. I am still saying, ‘here are the two HIPAA points I want to make’ but can then finalize quickly without derailing the rest of my workload.”

This efficiency has redefined how KT manages the day, helping maintain productivity across multiple legal areas while avoiding burnout.

The Outcome: A Smarter, More Scalable Legal Team

GC AI now supports the entire Helix legal team, enabling stronger collaboration and consistent work product. KT and the team use reusable prompts and shared playbooks to standardize reviews and training.

“The ability to create and store reusable prompts and share them across the team has completely changed the work required to review standard work. Junior teammates now run the checklist prompt first and bring me the output as the predicate for my review.”

By embedding GC AI into daily work, Helix has created a more efficient, self-sufficient legal function that scales its expertise and budget. The result is a legal team that operates with the same precision and innovation as the business it supports.

How Helix Legal Scales Expertise with GC AI