The legal field was once judged "too sensitive" for AI. Practitioners saw it as heavily regulated, critical and vulnerable to error. Yet that perception has turned around completely in eighteen months.
Explosive growth
Legora, a Swedish company founded in 2023, has closed its third annual funding round: a Series D of 55 million dollars, setting its valuation at 5.5 billion dollars.
Over twelve months:
- Headcount went from 40 to 400
- 800 clients operating across more than 50 markets
- Prestigious clients: White & Case, Linklaters, Dentons
Core features
- Structured document review: thousands of documents processed in minutes
- Bulk editing: creating and modifying documents at scale
- Agentic workflows: multi-step orchestration with verified legal research
- Integrations: Outlook, Word, iManage, NetDocs, SharePoint
Technical architecture
Legora relies mainly on Claude (Anthropic) but runs on a multi-model architecture. Its competitor Harvey (United States) is valued at 8 billion dollars.
Conclusion
If the most regulated sector is adopting AI at this speed, the question is no longer "will AI affect my profession?", it is "will I be ready when it does?" Firms are adopting these tools not out of curiosity, but out of competitive necessity.
Source: AI Business (Graham Hope, 11 March 2026).