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Legal AI firm Harvey raises $550m at a $15.5bn valuation
Silicon Republic· 9 SepLegal AI firm Harvey raised $550m at a $15.5bn valuation, up almost $5bn in under six months, and bought an AI agent security start-up alongside.
Our read: Interesting mostly as a signal. When this much money goes into automating a profession's paperwork, the price of that paperwork moves within a few years.
- If you pay for professional services, ask how AI is changing what you are billed for.
- Expect legal and admin paperwork to get cheaper; push back on fixed fees for routine documents.
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