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It is an unclosed round

It is a negotiating position: an unclosed round, sourced to people in the talks, at 44 times an annualized run rate, and the headline number includes the money being raised.

“Legal AI startup Harvey has reached a $15.5 billion valuation after its revenue surged past $350 million, a new milestone in the legal AI arms race, per coverage of an in-progress raise of at least $500 million first reported by The Information.”

The Information's sourced report of 2026-08-07, amplified across trade coverage and legal-AI arms-race pieces through 2026-08-13, with headlines rendering an unclosed round as an achieved mark

Recorded 14 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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6 receipts: 2 support the claim, 0 contradict it, 4 add context. 4 figures on the record, 4 traced to a quoted receipt.

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  1. 1Supports the claimpymnts.com ↗

    Legal artificial intelligence (AI) startup Harvey is in talks to raise $500 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, including the investment

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  2. 2Supports the claimpymnts.com ↗

    Harvey's annualized revenue has leapt more than 80% since January, from $190 million to more than $350 million, according to the report.

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  3. 3Contextpymnts.com ↗

    The reported valuation would be up from the $11 billion valuation Harvey achieved in a March funding round in which it raised $200 million.

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  4. 4Contextsiliconangle.com ↗

    The Information today cited sources as saying that the round could value the startup at $15.5 billion.

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  5. 5Contextthenextweb.com ↗

    At $15.5bn, that values the company at roughly 44 times its current revenue run rate. It is a price that assumes the growth keeps coming.

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  6. 6Contextnewmarketpitch.com ↗

    Using the company-confirmed revenue range, Harvey is valued at roughly 55x to 58x revenue, which is far above normal public legal-software or professional-information company multiples.

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