No Priors Ep. 101 | With Harvey CEO and Co-Founder Winston Weinberg

In this episode of No Priors, Sarah interviews Winston Weinberg, co-founder and CEO of Harvey, an AI platform for legal and professional services. Weinberg discusses the company's origins, inspired by GPT-3's potential to transform legal workflows, and its mission to build an AI platform applicable across various professional domains. They delve into Harvey's product strategy, focusing on creating both broad productivity tools and streamlined vertical workflows, and how the company organizes its efforts by identifying AI patterns and integrating domain experts into product development and evaluation. Weinberg shares insights on building trust with conservative clients by partnering with established firms and data providers, and he envisions AI's impact on the legal profession, emphasizing task displacement rather than job displacement, and the evolving structure of law firms with fixed-fee models for automated tasks and increased value for specialized advisory work. The conversation also touches on Harvey's expansion into tax and audit, the importance of agency and adaptability in hiring, and Weinberg's personal journey as a founder, highlighting the challenges of scaling himself and the drive that comes from the fast-paced, impactful nature of building an AI company.