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Uncapped #44 | Max Junestrand from Legora

March 12, 2026 · 50 min

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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 team members across the globe and the platform supports tens of thousands of lawyers each day across 800 customers in more than 50 markets.

Max shares the story of building Legora, what it really means to build AI-native software from day one, why legal work is uniquely suited for AI, and how a small team from Stockholm convinced some of the world’s largest law firms to change how they work.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:31) Legora's origin story

(9:05) Building an AI-native company

(18:16) No sacred cows, the models will be amazing

(27:36) Winning pilots and global expansion

(36:43) Starting in Europe

(47:15) Stockholm culture and "blodsmak"

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Links:

https://x.com/MaxJunestrand

https://x.com/chetanp

https://x.com/jaltma

https://legora.com/

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