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Summary: Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech Crunch

- Harvey, a legal AI startup valued at $8 billion, acquired Hexus to enhance its AI tool development capabilities.
- Hexus founder Sakshi Pratap will lead an engineering team at Harvey, focusing on solutions for in-house legal departments.
- The acquisition, backed by investors like Andreessen Horowitz, supports Harvey’s growth in a competitive legal tech market and expands its client base to over 1,000.

A: Hey! Did you hear about Harvey? It's that AI legal thing, right?
B: Oh yeah! I think I saw something about it. What’s up?

A: Well, they just bought a company called Hexus. It's all about making videos and guides.
B: Wow, seriously? That’s interesting! What does that even *do*?

A: Apparently, Hexus helps them build things for legal departments. The founder, Sakshi, used to work at big companies like Google and Walmart.
B: That’s impressive! So, she’s joining Harvey now?

A: The US team already did! The India team will join when they open an office in Bangalore.
B: Cool, expanding internationally!

A: They got a lot of money recently too – like, $160 million! Now they’re worth $8 billion!
B: Eight *billion*?! That's crazy!

A: Yeah! They're really growing fast because there’s so much competition in the legal tech world.
B: So, how did Harvey even start?

A: It’s a funny story! One of the founders emailed Sam Altman at OpenAI. He was just a lawyer then!
B: No way! That's like a movie plot!

A: They tested GPT-3, that AI thing, and lawyers loved the answers! That's when they knew they were onto something.
B: Amazing! So, Harvey’s helping lawyers a lot, huh?

A: Definitely! They have over 1,000 clients now, all over the world. Even the big law firms in the US are using them!
B: That's huge! Legal AI is really taking off, isn't it?
Summary
Harvey, an $8B legal AI startup, acquired Hexus to boost AI development for legal departments. Founder Sakshi Pratap joins Harvey, expanding its client base to 1,000+ globally. #legaltech #AI
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URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/legal-ai-giant-harvey-acquires-hexus-as-competition-heats-up-in-legal-tech/#summary

Date: Jan. 24, 2026

Notes: TechCrunch News Summary - 2026-01-24

Created: 2026/01/24 17:42

Updated: 2026/01/25 08:25

Last Read: 2026/01/25 08:25

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