Legal AI Leader Harvey Acquires Hexus as Competition Intensifies in Legal Tech

The legal technology sector is heating up rapidly,

and Harvey, one of the most valuable and fast-growing legal AI startups, is accelerating its expansion strategy through acquisition. The company has officially acquired Hexus, a two-year-old startup known for building tools that help enterprises create product demos, onboarding videos, and interactive guides. The move underscores Harvey’s ambition to solidify its leadership position as competition intensifies across the global legal tech market.

Strategic Acquisition to Strengthen Enterprise AI Capabilities:

Founded in San Francisco, Hexus developed AI-powered tools that simplify how companies explain complex software and workflows to users. While Hexus does not operate directly in legal technology, its expertise in enterprise AI tooling, user enablement, and product education makes it a strategic addition to Harvey’s rapidly expanding platform.

According to Sakshi Pratap, founder and CEO of Hexus, her U.S.-based team has already joined Harvey. The startup’s India-based engineers are expected to come onboard once Harvey establishes a Bangalore office, signaling Harvey’s growing international engineering footprint.

Pratap will now lead an engineering team at Harvey focused on accelerating product development for in-house legal departments, a segment of the market that is increasingly adopting AI-driven legal workflows.

“What we’re bringing to Harvey is deep experience building enterprise AI tools in adjacent problem spaces,” Pratap said. “This expertise helps Harvey move faster in a market that’s becoming increasingly competitive.”

Hexus Background and Funding History:

Before the acquisition, Hexus had raised $1.6 million in seed funding from notable investors including Pear VC, Liquid 2 Ventures, and a group of angel investors. While the financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, Pratap described the deal structure as being aligned around long-term team incentives, suggesting a strong emphasis on retention and continued innovation.

Pratap herself brings significant industry experience, having previously held engineering roles at Walmart, Oracle, and Google, further strengthening Harvey’s already formidable talent base.

Harvey’s Rapid Growth and Skyrocketing Valuation:

The acquisition comes at a pivotal moment for Harvey, which has emerged as one of the hottest AI startups in the world, particularly within legal services. The company confirmed last fall that it is now valued at $8 billion, following a $160 million funding round that brought its total fundraising in 2025 to $760 million.

That latest round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from T. Rowe Price and WndrCo, alongside existing investors such as Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Conviction, and prominent angel investor Elad Gil.

Earlier in the year, Harvey began 2025 with a $3 billion valuation after Sequoia Capital led a $300 million Series D round, highlighting the company’s extraordinary valuation growth in a short period of time.

Dominance in the Global Legal Market:

Harvey now reports serving more than 1,000 clients across 60 countries, including a majority of the top 10 U.S. law firms. This level of adoption positions Harvey as a dominant force in the legal AI landscape, where firms are increasingly relying on AI to handle research, drafting, contract analysis, and litigation preparation.

As law firms and corporate legal departments face mounting pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiency, demand for AI-powered legal assistants continues to surge.

From Cold Email to Legal AI Powerhouse:

Harvey’s origin story has become something of a Silicon Valley legend. When Winston Weinberg, Harvey’s co-founder and CEO, was a first-year associate at O’Melveny & Myers, he sent a cold email to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Along with co-founder Gabe Pereyra, a former researcher at Google DeepMind and Meta, Weinberg began experimenting with GPT-3 by testing it on landlord-tenant law questions sourced from Reddit.

When they shared the AI-generated responses with practicing attorneys, the results were striking: two out of three lawyers said they would send 86 out of 100 answers without making any edits. That early validation laid the foundation for what would eventually become Harvey.

What the Hexus Acquisition Signals for Legal AI:

The acquisition of Hexus signals Harvey’s intent to move beyond core legal research and drafting tools toward a more holistic enterprise legal platform. By integrating advanced product guidance, onboarding, and internal enablement tools, Harvey aims to make AI adoption seamless for both law firms and in-house legal teams.

As competition intensifies among legal AI startups, Harvey’s combination of capital, talent, enterprise focus, and strategic acquisitions gives it a significant advantage. The legal tech arms race is far from over—but with moves like this,

Harvey is making it clear that it intends to stay ahead.