First Block: Interview with Gabe Pereyra, Co-Founder and President of Harvey

For a video, transcripts, and a custom Notion x Harvey template, please visit: ⁠https://ntn.so/bgpz1oTo learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/td602rWelcome to First Block, a Notion series where founders from the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey—and what they learned from that experience.In this episode, we spoke with Gabe Pereyra, Co-founder and President of Harvey. Harvey is an AI platform built for large law firms and their clients, helping thousands of lawyers collaborate on complex matters with the power of generative AI. From a seed check from OpenAI to a valuation that has grown to $8 billion, Harvey's trajectory is one of the defining applied AI stories of the last few years.

Chapters

00:00 — Intro

01:42 — Origins of Harvey

03:41 — Why Legal Made Sense

06:02 — Building a General Tool

08:50 — Accuracy in Enterprise

10:03 — Infrastructure Over Models

12:49 — Founder Lessons in AI

16:04 — Scaling the Company

17:50 — Building with Models

21:48 — The Tool Stack

23:01 — Advice Block