Harvey's gross margin sank to -50% as agent token usage surged 20x, Bloomberg reports
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-22
According to Bloomberg, legal AI startup Harvey's costs for renting OpenAI and Anthropic models have soared as agent token usage jumped 20x, pushing gross margin from roughly 50% down to -50% by June. The case highlights how inference-heavy agent products can wreck unit economics.
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