Uncapped #44 | Max Junestrand from Legora

Uncapped #44 | Max Junestrand from Legora

From Uncapped with Jack Altman by Alt Capital

March 12, 2026 · 50 min

About this episode

Max Junestrand discusses the founding and growth of Legora, an AI-native software company for lawyers.

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. --- 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" --- Links: https://x.com/MaxJunestrand https://x.com/chetanp https://x.com/jaltma https://legora.com/ --- https://uncappedpod.com/ friends@uncappedpod.com

People in this episode

Host: Jack Altman

Guest: Max Junestrand

Topics covered

  • AI in legal work
  • startup growth
  • funding rounds
  • technology transformation
  • team expansion

Keywords

  • Legora
  • AI-native software
  • legal technology
  • funding
  • startup
  • team growth
  • law firms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Legora

Places: United States, Stockholm, Europe

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