OpenAI-backed legal AI start-up Harvey is establishing its first office in Dublin, with plans to create 20 jobs in the initial phase.

The company, headquartered in San Francisco, provides AI solutions for legal and professional services, helping clients draft documents, strategise, and streamline workflows.

The Dublin office, expected to launch late March 2026, will initially focus on hiring an international controller and business recruitment positions, with sales and customer success roles to follow. The start-up is considering a location in the city’s Docklands area and plans to expand further in Ireland over time.

Harvey leverages multiple large language models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini, to deliver AI services tuned to legal, tax, and business knowledge.

The company has raised significant capital in recent years, including a $21m (€18.1m) Series A and an $80m (€68.8m) Series B in 2023, followed by a $160m (€137.6m) Series F in December 2025 led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the business at $8bn (€6.9bn).

“Dublin offers a deep bench of industry-leading talent and close access to many of our fastest-growing markets – making it an ideal location as we expand across Europe,” the company said in a press release.

“Dublin is an ideal location for this next chapter of growth,” said Winston Weinberg, co-founder and CEO at Harvey. “It brings us closer to our EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Africa] clients and gives us the infrastructure to scale, with the right people in the right places.”

Executives including COO Katie Burke and Chief Business Officer John Haddock, both with previous managerial experience in major tech firms, highlighted Ireland’s talent pool as a strategic factor for establishing a local presence.

Explore how Harvey plans to accelerate legal AI adoption across EMEA with its new Dublin hub in the full story.

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