Harvey at 70% new hires: a16z interview unpacks culture, values and scaling pains
a16z · x · 2026-09-15
a16z published a long-form interview with leadership at legal AI startup Harvey, with a full timestamped breakdown:
- Maintaining culture when 70% of the team joined within a year, and how to unlearn perfectionism
- What "intense" means in practice, founder collaboration, and board-level transparency
- How the legal industry shapes Harvey's culture
- Company values: decisiveness, simplicity, and "job's not finished" — no one considers their potential fully actualized
- Going global in four years, life in the SF office, and what to know before joining
The full piece is on the a16z Jobs Substack.
Related event: a16z Series Dives Into Harvey's Culture After Hypergrowth(6 posts)→
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