AI, Tax & Innovation Policy
LAW 720 | 2 Hours
The goal of this course is to explore the fundamental social, economic, and political forces that drive entrepreneurship and innovation policy. This course will combine a socio-legal and contemporary perspective on innovation with examples, applications and implementation of current topics. These include, but are not limited to, artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithm design, theoretical and practical choice of entity considerations when forming a startup business, preparing, and planning for the various stages of the venture life cycle, incubators & accelerators, securing funding and exit strategies, exploring and utilizing valuable tax incentives, etc.. No prior tax or business knowledge is required. The course can be taken as a class or a seminar and the format of the course will be a combination of discussion, occasional lectures, and writing assignments.