Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has reached a valuation of $5.55 billion after raising a $550 million Series D round to support its expansion in the United States. The new valuation comes even as competition intensifies, not only from rival Harvey but also from Microsoft Copilot and more general-purpose large language models. Publicly traded legal software companies also saw their shares fall when Anthropic introduced a legal plug-in for Claude.
Legora is built on top of large language models and relies primarily on Claude. Still, CEO Max Junestrand said the company's focus on supporting lawyers working on complex matters gives him confidence about its position. "Amazingly, everybody can have their own pocket lawyer in Claude, but we're not solving for the same use case," he said during a livestream at the TechArena conference in Stockholm.
By embedding itself deeply in its customers' workflows, Legora's platform is now used by 800 law firms and legal teams, and investors have clearly taken notice. The Series D was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Benchmark, Bessemer, General Catalyst, ICONIQ, Redpoint Ventures, and Y Combinator, as well as new backers including Alkeon Capital, Bain Capital, Firstmark Capital, Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sands Capital, and Starwood Capital.
There are also broader indications that investor enthusiasm around AI legal technology remains strong. Legora's latest round and valuation jump come only a few months after the company raised a $150 million Series C in October 2025 at a $1.8 billion valuation. Its competitor, Harvey, which Andreessen Horowitz backs, is already valued at $8 billion and is now reportedly trying to raise at a $11 billion valuation. According to Dealroom, the two companies are also following almost identical revenue trajectories.
Both companies are also expanding internationally. Harvey is pushing aggressively into Europe, while Legora is moving in the other direction. Formerly known as Judilica and later as Leya, the startup emerged from Stockholm's SSE Business Lab, which is known for producing unicorns. But after taking part in Y Combinator's winter 2024 batch, Legora is now headquartered in New York and is clearly focused on continuing its push into the U.S. market, where its growth has exceeded what it expected as a Europe company.
"It's nine to one in terms of legal spending; it turns out the Americans love to sue each other much more than we like to do in Europe," Junestrand joked while speaking to the TechArena audience. At the same time, the team has expanded globally, growing from 40 employees to 400 over the last year, according to a press release.
Alongside New York and Stockholm, Legora now has offices in Bangalore, London, and Sydney, with more locations expected to follow. As part of the Series D announcement, the company also said it would open offices in Houston and Chicago, with plans to launch additional local hubs and grow to more than 300 employees across its U.S. offices by the end of 2026.
