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How This 25-Year-Old Built A $675M Legal AI Startup (With No Legal Experience)

Aug 26, 2025 · 00:45:25
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  • Max Junestrand built Legora to $675M valuation in 13 months with no legal background by cracking vertical AI for skeptical industries
  • Scaling from 10 to 100 people and raising $80M required solving the hard problem of selling AI to conservative legal markets
  • Vertical AI companies need to deeply understand industry workflows and prove value before closing enterprise deals

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