Building an AI-Native Software Company With Legora CEO Max Junestrand | Ep. 44

Max shares the story behind Legora, what it means to build truly AI-native software, and how a small Stockholm team got the world’s largest law firms to rethink how they work.

Building an AI-Native Software Company With Legora CEO Max Junestrand | Ep. 44 Max shares the story behind Legora, what it means to build truly AI-native software, and how a small Stockholm team got the world’s largest law firms to rethink how they work. Jack Altman Mar 13, 2026 4 1 Share At 23, with no legal background, Max Junestrand co-founded Legora to transform how lawyers work. Legora recently (March 2026) raised $550 million at a $5.55 billion valuation in a Series D funding round to accelerate its expansion across the United States. Over the past year, Legora has grown from 40 to 400 t

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