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Harvey.ai Called, Wants Its Pitch Back

Lawyers hating you isn't a moat — it's a Yelp review.

The pitch

AI-powered legal document review for SMBs. Lawyers hate us. SMBs love us.

Congrats, you've discovered that lawyers are expensive and SMBs don't like paying them — a insight so blazing-hot that Harvey, Ironclad, Spellbook, DoNotPay, and roughly 60 YC alumni already had it. "AI-powered legal review" is the "Uber for X" of 2024. "SMBs love us" with zero numbers attached is just your mom saying the app is great.

What to fix (if you dare)

1

Numbers or It Didn't Happen

Replace 'SMBs love us' with actual traction — MRR, contracts reviewed, retention rate. One real number is worth 1,000 adjectives to a YC partner.

2

Pick a Lane, Own the Trench

SMBs is 6 million businesses — that's not a customer, that's a continent. Nail one vertical (e.g., SaaS vendor contracts, construction subcontractor agreements) where you have deep workflow insight competitors don't.

3

Where's the Human Who Builds This?

The pitch has zero founder signal — no legal background, no technical co-founder, no unfair advantage mentioned. YC funds people first; give them a reason to believe YOU specifically can win this.

Genuine advice

The space is real and the pain is genuine — SMBs do get destroyed by legal costs. But your moat has to be the *workflow*, the *data*, or a *distribution wedge* that OpenAI can't ship in an afternoon; go find that and lead with it. 😉

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