AI Vendor Vetting for In-House Counsel: What to Ask, What to Negotiate, and When to Walk Away

AI vendors are flooding the market, and in-house legal teams are increasingly being asked to evaluate tools that promise efficiency, speed, and transformation. But vetting an AI product requires more than a standard SaaS review. Legal teams need to understand how these tools handle data, whether inputs or outputs may be used for model training, how risk is allocated if the technology gets something wrong, and which contract terms deserve far closer scrutiny before a product is introduced into the business.

Join us on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM ET as  Jessica Nguyen, Chief Strategy & Legal Officer at Sandstone and Alexandra Sepulveda, VP and AGC at Trust & Will, explore how in-house counsel can build a practical framework for evaluating AI vendors before the demo, during diligence, and at the contracting stage. This session will walk through the questions legal should ask early, the protections they should negotiate before signing, and the red flags that should make teams slow down or walk away.

Key Takeaways:

• Why AI vendor review requires a different approach than traditional SaaS diligence
• What questions to ask before investing time in a product demo
• Which contract provisions matter most, including data use, model training, IP ownership, indemnification, and liability for AI outputs
• How to identify vendor red flags in both sales conversations and contract language
• How to create a repeatable internal framework for evaluating future AI tools

Who Should Attend:

This program is designed for in-house counsel, legal operations professionals, general counsel, assistant general counsel, chief legal officers, and other in-house legal team members responsible for technology diligence, vendor contracting, privacy, compliance, procurement support, and AI governance.

There is NO COST to attend this program!

This program is FREE, thanks to our gracious sponsor, Sandstone! If you can’t make it to the live program, the recording will be available for viewing via our paid CLE library, In-House Connect On-Demand!