Melia Russell

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Monica Melton |Melia Russell |Henry Blodget

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation in mid-May with 44-year-old Jason Finkelman, a business immigration lawyer in Austin. The following has been edited for length and clarity. These days, I feel like I'm half lawyer, half therapist for my clients. I help foreign nationals with employment and family immigration. On the employment side, I'm working with clients across a range of industries, including tech, semiconductor, energy, oil and gas, research, and video gaming.

1 week ago | businessinsider.jp | Ashley Stewart |Melia Russell

法律業界向けAIシステム開発で急成長中のHarvey（ハーヴィ）が、マイクロソフト（Microsoft）と大型クラウド契約の締結に合意した模様だ。 Business Insiderが独自に確認したマイクロソフトの社内メールによれば、契約期間は2年、総額1億5000万ドル。 AIツール構築に特化したマイクロソフト社内の新設部門「CoreAI（コアエーアイ）」を率いるジェイ・パリク氏は上記のメールにこう記載している。 「当部門はHarveyとの事業提携を拡大、2年総額1億5000万ドルのMACC（後述）および350万ドル相当の統合拡大に合意したことをお知らせします」 MACCは「Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment」の略語で、マイクロソフトのクラウドサービス「Azure（アジュール）」を長期利用する顧客企業があらかじめ合意した金額のコンサンプション（消費）を契約上コミット（約束）するもの。...

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Vishal Persaud |Melia Russell |Henry Blodget

2025-05-26T09:00:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Legaltech startups are thriving, raising over $1 billion in funding this year.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Monica Melton |Ashley Stewart |Melia Russell |Henry Blodget

Legaltech startup Harvey has agreed to a two-year, $150 million commitment to use Azure cloud services, according to an internal email seen by Business Insider. Jay Parikh, who leads Microsoft's new CoreAI unit, included the deal in an internal memo, writing that his unit "announced expanded partnership with Harvey Al with a 2-year $150M MACC and $3.5M unified expansion." Parikh joined Microsoft in October to lead a new engineering group responsible for building its artificial-intelligence tools.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Vishal Persaud |Melia Russell |Henry Blodget

General Catalyst and Iconiq Growth are co-leading an $80 million funding round into Legora, a startup that makes software to help bogged-down lawyers speed up legal research and drafting. The new funding for the New York, London, and Stockholm-based Legora will value the company at $675 million, following last year's $35 million Series A. Existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, and Y Combinator increased their stakes in this Series B round.