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With legal AI firm Harvey setting up shop in Bengaluru, we speak with CEO and co-founder Winston Weinberg and CTO Siva Gurumurthy about 含羞草社区 place in the company’s global growth plans. By Chandu Gopalakrishnan

when Harvey CEO and co-founder Winston Weinberg left a promising career as a litigator to start the legal AI company, Harvey, he was not just another lawyer dabbling in tech. He and co-founder, Gabe Pereyra, an AI researcher who previously worked on large language models (LLMs) for Google Brain and Meta, were convinced that generative AI could transform the entire profession.

Three years later, Harvey has grown from a scrappy idea into one of the fastest-rising companies in legaltech, with more than 500 enterprise customers, unicorn status at a USD5 billion valuation, and a client list including some of the world’s most powerful law firms and financial institutions.

Weinberg’s big break came in 2023, when Allen & Overy rolled Harvey AI out to thousands of lawyers across 43 offices. Since then, he has doubled down, teaming up with Microsoft and LexisNexis to create tools such as ContractMatrix, and pushing into what he calls “agentic AI”: systems designed to automate complex, multi-jurisdictional tasks that normally consume senior associate hours.

Now Harvey is setting its sights on India. The legal services market in India is projected to reach USD45.2 billion in revenue in 2024, and USD67.4 billion by 2030.

The company is opening a Bengaluru office just as the country’s legal services sector reaches a crossroads.

“Our in-house Privacy and AI Legal team closely monitors new developments and enforcement timelines …to ensure we are ready to implement any additional requirements the government may introduce, including data transfer mechanisms.”

The changing outlook

Harvey AI already counts marquee names including AZB & Partners, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, and S&A Law Offices on its Indian client roster. Announcing its global rollout of Harvey AI in September, AZB & Partners said it would help them “near-automate routine tasks” such as document review and translation.

“We believe that generative Al is not just a tool, but a transformative force that will empower our lawyers to deliver deeper insights, faster results, and even greater value to our clients,” says Zia Mody, co-founder and managing partner of AZB.