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Winston recounts that the seed for Harvey was planted when he was introduced to the capabilities of GPT-3 by Gabe. They recognized an enormous gap in the application of such sophisticated technology within the legal space, which prompted them to explore potential use cases. Their first significant breakthrough came from analyzing landlord-tenant legal questions sourced from the subreddit r/legaladvice. After generating AI-driven responses, they received promising feedback from attorneys, with 86 out of 100 stating they would send the AI-generated answers to clients without modification. This overwhelming validation led to discussions with OpenAI’s leadership, ultimately guiding their decision to build a company around the AI’s potential in the legal domain.