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Hexus founder Sakshi Pratap will lead... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/legal-ai-giant-harvey-acquires-hexus-as-competition-heats-up-in-legal-tech-hyr9u44rx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HYR9u44RX.png og:image:alt: Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Harvey, an $8 billion legal AI startup, acquired Hexus, a two-year-old company building demo and guide creation tools. Hexus founder Sakshi Pratap will lead engineering efforts for Harvey's in-house legal department offerings. Harvey has raised $760 million in 2025 and serves over 1,000 clients across 60 countries, including most top U.S. law firms. The company originated from a 2022 cold email to OpenAI's Sam Altman after testing GPT-3 on legal questions, with the OpenAI Startup Fund becoming its second-largest investor. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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