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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter; also, Shapes brings humans and AI into the same group chats
8 minutes Posted May 1, 2026 at 12:05 pm.
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The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf and now have dueling ad campaigns.
Plus, Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat together in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Think Discord, but with AI characters alongside humans. 
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