Weinberg: Vertical AI apps will win by proving token-level ROI
Winston Weinberg · Inside Harvey AI: CEO Winston Weinberg on How a 4-Year-Old Company Is Taking on the Foundation Labs · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Jun 16, 2026 · at 34:12
Winston Weinberg, CEO of Harvey, discusses enterprise AI spend and how companies will soon demand granular ROI accounting for token consumption similar to legal billable hours.
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“And I think that vertical companies are gonna have a huge advantage here, where you can start to get to the point where you basically can show every single token and what the ROI was of that token for your particular task in vertical.”
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