Harvey Added 1,000+ Employees in a Year: Its Talent VP on Preserving Culture at AI Speed
a16z Podcast · rss · 2026-09-27
a16z podcast: Harvey VP of Talent Maggie Landers on growing the legal AI company by 1,000+ employees in a year while keeping its culture intact.
Key points:
- Harvey prioritizes progress over perfection, with values of simplicity, decisiveness, and "job's not finished"; speed requires giving employees significant trust and autonomy.
- For "A students," that means learning to experiment, make mistakes, and course-correct quickly.
- Discussion covers how to identify people who thrive in this environment, what changes when most of the company is new, and the founders' role in maintaining culture.
- Judgment becomes increasingly important as employees are empowered to move fast.
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