When I first started using AI to help me be a better lawyer, I loved it (and still do!). There were countless ways it made me more efficient. But in the back of my mind, I was imagining a world where AI could genuinely do more; so that I could not only be more efficient, but also focus more on the parts of my work where I bring my experience and understanding of the business and strategic landscape.

That world is here. We're excited to announce our latest improvements to our agentic platform. At Harvey, we often say "the job's not finished" because we realize that we have so much more to do, but with this step-change in our agentic capabilities, we get to reimagine the job itself. And I couldn't be more excited.

A client asked me last week if I use AI in my practice.

I said yes. Believe it or not, they looked genuinely relieved.

I've been thinking about that interaction a lot since. A year or two ago, that same question would have felt loaded, like they were testing me or worried I was cutting corners. Now my clients are asking because they want to know their lawyer is keeping up.

That's a real shift, and it happened fast.

$4.3 billion went into legal tech in 2025. 356 deals. A 54% jump from the year before. Companies like Harvey crossed $70M ARR. EvenUp hit a $1B valuation building AI specifically for personal injury law. Luminance grew 6x by training their own legal-grade model instead of borrowing someone else's.

I’m literally monitoring legal-tech development on the daily. Not because I feel threatened, but because my clients are founders, and founders move fast, and founders deserve better than a lawyer who has no patience for tech adoption themselves. The legal market is moving fast too. You blink? You miss Legora hiring Jude Law for their ad campaign, and announcing their launch in Canada with a new Toronto office in the same week....

The way I see it, AI doesn't replace the judgment part of lawyering. It handles the volume so the judgment part actually gets the attention it deserves. That feels like a good trade to me.

Curious what others are seeing in practice though.

If you're a lawyer or work closely with one, what AI tools have actually made a dent in your workflow? Not the ones with the best marketing. The ones you'd actually miss if they disappeared tomorrow.

Let me know 👇

#LegalTech #Legora #LegalAI #AINews #Lawyers #Harvey

Today I'm showing 75 lawyers how I do in 11 minutes what they spend hours on.

Holly Cope invited me to open her AI lab and show exactly how I use AI to run parts of my legal practice.

The actual systems that save me and my coaching clients hours every week.

If you've ever wondered what the gap looks like between lawyers using AI like Google and lawyers using AI as leverage – today we close it.

Holly was my LinkedIn coach. She also had me on her podcast last year. Now I'm running her AI lab. Full circle.

The lawyers who lean into this in the next 12 months are going to have an unfair advantage in the market.

Today we hand 75 of them a head start.

Which side of the AI shift are you on — resist it or build with it?

Had a coffee with a GC friend last week.

We got into it on AI and the billable hour.

Here's my takeaway:

If you think AI should make legal cheaper across the board, you’re probably confusing efficiency with value.

AI means a strong lawyer can now do in two hours what used to take ten.

That doesn’t make the work less valuable. It means lawyers can spend their best hours on the hardest problems.

What GCs really want is judgment that supports outcomes. The ability to assess risk, spot issues early, and propose practical, business-aligned solutions.

AI handles the groundwork so the best lawyers can focus on pressure-testing assumptions, getting creative, and moving the business forward.

When more of the work is focused on what actually drives outcomes, the work itself becomes more valuable.

Clients don’t care how long something took. They’re paying for safe passage from Point A to Point B.

That hasn’t changed.

That’s why top-end rates could rise.

Not despite AI. Because of it.