If there was one startup that was known for creating a FOMO among investors and especially in the legal sector that was Harvey. Just a few years ago, Harvey was an unknown entity in both the legal and AI worlds. Founded in 2022 by Winston Weinberg, a junior associate at O’Melveny, and Gabe Pereyra, a former DeepMind and Meta researcher, Harvey did not emerge from a well-known legal tech incubator or a major law firm’s innovation arm. Instead, it was an upstart, leveraging OpenAI’s GPT-3 technology to explore how AI could be applied to legal workflows.
The startup’s early days were marked by quiet experimentation. Weinberg and Pereyra initially tested their legal chatbot by pulling questions from Reddit. They then sent their prototype to OpenAI’s general counsel, understanding
Harvey AI Came Out of Nowhere and Took Over Legal Tech
- By Anshika Mathews
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The legal world may not have expected Harvey, but it now has no choice but to deal with it.
